I think it's also an instance of reducing rigidity by letting go of what you are most attached to, as in "5. CUT WHAT YOU LOVE" from Joss Whedon on screen writi

I think it's also an instance of reducing rigidity by letting go of what you are most attached to, as in "5. CUT WHAT YOU LOVE" from Joss Whedon on screen writing: http://dannystack.blogspot.com/2009/01/joss-whedons-top-10-writing-tips.html http://dannystack.blogspot.com/2009/01/joss-whedons-top-10-w... There's also a similarity with "kill your darlings", in creative writing: http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1282093 http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1282093 "Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out."