Simply, “Killing Your Babies” refers to having to edit out something you love in order to make the story/book/script better. It utterly, completely sucks. [. . .] I will repeat: it sucks. Nobody wants to kill their babies. But in the end, you owe it to your work – your world, your characters – to give it the best presentation you can.
The quote above is from an excellent article on writing by J. M. Frey, but it applies to editing video, too. Crikey! I moved mountains to get that shot and now I have to cut it out ENTIRELY? Boo!
Now that I think about it, the first time I heard that expression was a Kevin Smith podcast and it's something he says a lot.
Maybe I can squeeze the babies in somewhere else? Like in the credits?
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