Stephen King's rule is that the second draft of his book should be ten percent shorter compared with the first draft. Source: his biography On Writing (http://

Stephen King's rule is that the second draft of his book should be ten percent shorter compared with the first draft. Source: his biography On Writing (http://www.amazon.com/Writing-10th-Anniversary-Memoir-Craft/dp/1439156816/ http://www.amazon.com/Writing-10th-Anniversary-Memoir-Craft/...)