8Last Restroom for 300 Miles: Editing for Content and Structure
“Read over a passage, and wherever you meet a passagewhich you think is particularly fine, cross it out.”
—Samuel Johnson
“Not that the story need be long, but it will take a longwhile to make it short.”
—Henry David Thoreau
“I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.”
—Truman Capote
IMAGINE THIS SCENARIO: YOU ARE driving out West and about to travel through miles of desert. At the edge of the desert, you come upon a gas station and notice a large sign that announces “Last Gas Station for 300 Miles.” Would you stop? Most people would. It makes sense to check out the gas, tire pressure, water coolant level, oil, and whatnot and maybe use the restroom. Yet there is always ...
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