Tell your story with the fewest words possible. Don't cheat the previous rule by using sesquipedalian words. Describe the action instead of the irrelevant det

Tell your story with the fewest words possible. Don't cheat the previous rule by using sesquipedalian words. Describe the action instead of the irrelevant details. Every detail you include is a Chekhov's Gun that will have to be fired later. Take out the character that is most like you. Take out the character that is least used. Make them fight to the death in their own short story, and reward the winner with a nice, hot shower in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. If they survive, they can be more interesting in the next story you let them into.