I try holding not too tightly onto specific sentences in early drafts. That’s because I know things will get chopped and changed over time. But there’s one sentence in this essay I’m writing that I love so much. Too much, in fact. It’s gonna get me into trouble, have me saying something nasty to any editor who suggests I change even one word in it. This kind of love will have me giving up the whole essay just to save this little sentence of my heart.