26 September 2016
One of the cold, hard truths of short story writing is that you only get one read. Whether your story is part of a collection, or in a magazine someone's holding, or in the hands of someone who's considering publishing it, you usually only get one shot per story with any one person. (Right? When was the last time you started reading a story, didn't feel drawn in or-worse-became confused about what was going on, and restarted it?) With that in mind, I place a high value on clarity and economy.
