] 4. Remove every extraneous word
]
] You want to get up on a soapbox and preach? Fine. Get one
] and try your local park. You want to write for money? Get
] to the point. And if you remove all the excess garbage
] and discover you can't find the point, tear up what you
] wrote and start all over again . . . or try something
] new.

... uhhhh I like Steven King and all, but I can think of several of his books that are a few hundred pages too long. He'll have a good plot point or situation, and repeat it... for...ever...

Why wouldn't this rock bleed?

Everything you Need to Know About Writing Successfully: in Ten Minutes (Stephen King)