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* What is your desire in this situation?
* What were you attracted to about your husband originally?
* How is your side of the street right now in terms of respect?
* Is there anything you can clean up on your side?
* Why was it important for you to disagree in this situation?
* What would have happened if you had kept quiet?
* What was the trigger for his reaction?
* What would you like to do differently next time?
* How do you feel about engaging in that conversation?|question }} }}

{{Elephant|I was standing behind my school beside a huge pile of quivering leaves when a hand popped out of the leaves holding a metal object}}

{{Tension|I was standing behind my school beside a huge pile of quivering leaves when a hand popped out of the leaves holding a metal object}}

{{Trigger|this is the starting action that builds to the climax}}

{{Breadcrumbs|In one of his stories, Dicks runs out of gas, is refused help by a gas station attendant, and sits in his car, defeated. Beside him lies his blue McDonald’s work uniform. He doesn't explain why it’s there. Later, he uses that same uniform to knock on doors to raise money for a charity, capitalizing on the uniform to earn trust. The uniform sitting on the seat was the "breadcrumb"—it seemed unimportant at first, but it was key to his plan.}}

{{Fun|So I thought: "How long can I leave this pile of mail on the counter before it becomes a legal problem?"}}

{{Backpack|I’m going to go in and beg for eight dollars. I’ve rehearsed the pitch. I’ll offer my license and my car as collateral. I’m going to promise to come back and pay double. I just need this one person to say yes so I can get home}}

{{Crystal Ball|The top 500 CEOs of the world gathered for a meeting. The agenda was unusual. Instead of discussing profit margins or reducing expenses, the CEO of the Largest Tech Company in the World stood up and said, "I have decided that, starting tomorrow, all company profits will be voluntarily redistributed to the employees, and we will spend the rest of our careers doing absolutely nothing but eating artisanal cheese and watching fluffy kittens play."}}

{{Hourglass|He turned on the coffee machine and heard it start its familiar gurgling sound. He watched the first brown drop fall into the glass carafe. It took three minutes and forty-five seconds for the entire pot to brew. While he waited, he stared at the second hand on his wristwatch, which made a faint ticking sound, marking the passage of time}}

{{Paint|Better paint over this boring bit with humor or suspense}}

{{Climax|lets highlight the climax of this story!|}}

{{Question|What do you think?}}

{{He|He said}}

{{She|She said}}

{{Brain|In my big brain I made up}}

{{Insight|So what I learned was}}