Imagine that you had to write a six-word headline for the story. Next, decide which of your facts are most important and place them in a logical order. Discard all facts that don't flow from your focus statement. Like a blueprint, each story needs a plan. Each point should grow from the previous point and lead to the next one.
Poor organization loses more readers than anything else.
For the reader, the easiest thing is to stop reading. Write quickly from beginning to end so that you can spend time with the middle of your story and with the ending. After you have written, edit your story to make it more powerful. Make sure that you have written what you intended to write. Read it aloud to someone.