[Paul_Denton]

It is probably the same in writing. I am going to do my best at keeping my story uncut should it get published.

[pcottraux]

Still, unfortunately, cutting is essential to a story's success. It hurts, but scenes that interrupt the story's flow, wonderful on their own they may be, they gotta' go. In my own script, I've had to painfully cut a lot of things.

The deleted scenes on the Star Wars DVDs are interesting. In Revenge of the Sith, there was a scene toward the end showing Yoda flying to the Dagoba planet to live in exile.

[Rca2000]

The same goes for me. The last thing in my story, is when the two Scientists FIANLLY get married, as guests of the President,in the Rose garden at the White House. In the Lincoln bedroom, on the wedding night, the finally give themselves to each other. They tell each other that they were each worth waiting for.

I do NOT go into details in that regard, as I want to keep things at a PG level or less, but it is VERY important, that the thread of the two main characters keeping their purity, until the night of their wedding, I feel that is a MUST, in my story.