Deeper Look at the “Seven Questions”

Index

Many have seen this list before. I expanded it to help me in my writing endeavors.

Who

·         Creature

·         Person

·         Organization

What

·         Object

·         Reactive Action (What did you do next?)

·         Situation (What state was your mind in?) (What situation contributed to this?)

·         Preference, opinion (How would you like to see the data formatted?)

·         Relationships (What is the relationship of the columns of data?*)

·         Results expected

Where

·         Location, Place

·         Perspective (Where are you coming from?) (more encompassing than Opinion)

When

·         Timing

·         Circumstance, Occasion

·         Opportunity

·         Appropriateness

Why

·         Purpose

·         Importance (Impact)

·         Functionality

·         Desirability & Beneficial (Why would you want such a thing?)

How

·         Action:

o   Future: How will we do this? 

o   Present: How are you coming on that project?

o   Past: How was this done?

·         Affects / is useful to me

How Much

·         Quantitative

·         Qualitative

When a famous director was asked what was important to him, he said: “Three things: Location, Location, Location.”

• Location 1: The “Set”
• Location 2: Position of actors, props on the set.
• Location 3:Position of camera relative to focal point.

Likewise, we can consider relative perspectives.

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