Story Elements: Give Them Purpose

Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author :

Last time, I talked about how we can ensure our pacing is good. As I went into further in my guest post at Writers Helping Writers, one way to make sure our storys pacing is strong is to ensure every element has purpose.

How can we do that? As Dawn asked in the comments of my guest post:

How do I know if a scene is pointless? What questions should I be asking myself about whether certain paragraphs or sentences have purpose?

Lets dig into...