With a Gateless mindset, we ask: where is the writer excelling?

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Gateless Questions to Consider:

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1. Where does the work have energy?

2. What words and ideas are particularly powerful and moving? 

3. Where is the craft masterful and seamless?

4. Where is the writing/vision/voice unique?

5. Where does the narrator take risks with the writing?

 

Scene Analysis:

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What does this scene do well? Does it:

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1. Advance the plot?

2. Reveal character development or desire?

3. Raise the stakes or increase conflict?

4. Advance an argument around your thematic premise?

5. Feel authentic and true?

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For the writer to consider: Based on this scene analysis, is the scene, as currently written, essential, or non-essential to your story?