"Make Sure Choices Carry Weight.

Brainstorm possible complications that will further stress your character, increase the stakes or fallout, and create a fresh twist to your scenario. Use these challenge questions to help you:

What unforeseen consequences could happen because of this choice?
Is there an unknown factor or missing piece of information that can allow me to create a reversal of the consequences and a fresh twist of fate?
What sacrifice can I build into this choice that disconnects the character from a safety net that’s actually holding them back (especially when this separation is needed for the character to grow and change)?
How can I tempt the character into making the wrong choice?
How can I raise the stakes further?"
- Angela Ackerman, https://writershelpingwriters.net/202...