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The art of deleting your darlings until only the survivors deserve to be read.
means Revising and shaping written, audio, or visual material to sharpen meaning, fix errors, and cut excess.
from From Latin editus, to give out or publish — literally putting something forth, refined enough to face the world.
Hemingway's ruleHe claimed to rewrite the ending 39 times.
Invisible craftBest editing leaves no fingerprints on the page.
Murder countKill your darlings predates modern writing advice by a century.