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The art of deleting your darlings until only the survivors deserve a reader.
means Revising and refining a text, film, or recording to improve clarity, flow, and impact.
from From Latin editus, to put forth or give out — the editor was originally the one who issued the work, not the one who slashed it.
Invisible craftDone well, nobody notices it happened.
Cut deepMost writing improves with a third deleted.
Two speciesCopy edits commas, structural edits rebuilds rooms.