Story Question Hierarchy

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Alex Rivera

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Design question hierarchies that maintain audience engagement at every structural level.

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Establish the question hierarchy for this story:

Story: {{story_summary}}
Genre: {{genre}}

Design question layers:

1. CENTRAL DRAMATIC QUESTION
- The main question driving the entire story
- Posed in Act 1, answered in Act 3
- Example: "Will X save Y?"

2. ACT QUESTIONS
- Act 1: What question is answered by the inciting incident?
- Act 2A: What question drives to midpoint?
- Act 2B: What question drives to low point?
- Act 3: What question drives to climax?

3. SEQUENCE QUESTIONS
- For each major sequence, what smaller question propels it?

4. SCENE QUESTIONS
- Sample 5 scenes with their micro-questions

5. QUESTION MANAGEMENT
- When is each question posed?
- When is it answered?
- How many questions are open simultaneously? (Ideal: 3-5)

Map the question architecture to ensure constant forward momentum.

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