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So here I was on the first day back after winter break, watching her cross the cafeteria, plotting my approach. Her besties, Amy and Maria, hovered around her like gnats, wasting away the minutes by chewing over the latest gossip.
In the first draft, this scene started with Amber and Priya biking to school together. It was a cute scene with a lot of banter, but while revising, I cut right to the tension—Amber being afraid to approach Sasha, the popular girl who intimidates her most, to ask for a favor that could help her get into her dream school. Sometimes to speed up the pacing you have to cut your darlings! (And if you're a writer who needs to rein in your word count, travel scenes are good places to start cutting.)
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