murder one's darlings
verbEtymology
Possibly first used by Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863–1944) during a series of lectures at the University of Cambridge, later published in book form.
Definitions
Alternative form of kill one's darlings.
- Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it — whole-heartedly — and delete it before sending your manuscript to press. Murder your darlings.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for murder one's darlings. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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