Storytelling: Why "relevance" is the key to editing a story

It's not unusual to approach an edit with a machete. We see a mass of words and want to hack through them to make the story more interesting. The problem is, that we don't know what to throw away and what to keep.

That's why "relevance" is more important to a story than just adding or removing words and sentences.

Let's use the power of "relevance" to make a quick, precise edit.