At her trial, her lawyers presented Valessa as a little girl corrupted by the influence of these horrible teenage boys. While the jury deliberated Valessa awaits the verdict in a cold, concrete cell, with only a foul-smelling metal toilet for company. She has nothing to do but stare at the grafitti on the walls, contemplate her fate and wait. The first two stories would not normally pass for news, French said. Curiosity is one of life's prime motivating forces, he said.
Questions are the engines of stories.
French urged attendees to use the power of people's natural curiosity to structure stories. It is an extraordinary question and it is what all narrative runs on. I really believe one of our most basic needs is to find out what happens next. If we know the answers to all of these questions, I really think that on most mornings we would not get out of bed. Not because the answers are bad necessarily, but because we already know.