Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25266931-20161112032800/@comment-25396609-20161114180456

the point of a story is not to hit all the major plot points as quickly as possible; it is to follow the characters journey.

You should NEVER write in such a way that all you do is cover the plot points as quickly as possible just so you can start on the next thing. That's lazy, uncreative, and frankly pretty terrible. Nobody wants to read a story that lacks pacing and gets straight to the point; you need to give them a reason to care what is happening to the characters, and why they go on the journey they do.