Questions To Ask When You’re Not Sure Where To Go Next

When I get stuck on a plot point, or I get to a place where I need to expand something further, I usually fall back on a set of questions:

How does it go wrong?
How does it get worse?
What gives the MC the upper hand?
How does winning make them worse off?

These four questions work a lot of the time, sometimes I drop one or two out or rearrange two and three, but I it’s how I start to approach