Questions

Some of the most useful critique that I get is in the form of questions. What does this mean? Why did he do that? Is she serious here? What's driving her?

And sometimes I start interrogating the characters in turn.  Why did you do that? Where did that come from? How do you really feel about her? What are you hoping for? What are you afraid of?

Often, the scene breaks open, or turns in an unexpected direction, or I see a way to connect two scenes that had seemed separate before.  I never like to...