What if…?

Several posts ago, we discussed the most powerful question in developing a scene: What if …?

A fiction writer has the most unbelievable tool in the world to work with and that is his/her imagination. Whatever a scene involves, through the writer’s imagination, the reader gets pulled in and the story goes forward.

You may think a particular scene is already well-described, carries the story forward, and has ample drama and excitement. Does that mean there’s no room for improvement? Asking Wha...