Like not the questions you find online and tweak it a bit, the questions you make up specifically for your story in terms of getting to know your own novel in a better, different way?
Thoughts and feelings?
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Do you mean questions for your characters, like why are you in love with that other character when he’s such a jerk? Or do you mean questions for the audience, like why do people live under volcanoes and over earthquake faults when there are many more safe places on earth to live than unsafe places? Or do you mean some other kind of question entirely? I’m easily confoozled…
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Yes and no?
Like for me, in terms of my novels’ world, what are Firstlings and Lesser Children? Why are they different and what do they mean to Alagossia?
And for characters, why does Jorildyn/Renna want her child to take on a hard task?
So…yeah?
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Sorry for the confusion. 
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No worries! I get it now, I think. You mean questions for the author about the plot. Yup, I definitely ask myself stuff like that in order to nail down plot points and make sure everything links together and makes sense. Especially why questions, like why is this character doing this instead of that when doing that would be a shortcut? (And the answer, for me at least, is the avoidance of pain. Everything they do is to avoid pain.)
For instance, maybe the reason Jorildyn/Renna wants her child to take on a hard task is because it will avoid pain later in some way…?
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Jorildyn wants her child to start a second final war, a rebellion against those who wronged her and the rest of the Merellians. Though there something deeper and far sinister at play.
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I use to, but not anymore. I just write and see what happens. xD
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While writing, yes. Sometimes in the shower or late at night before bed. But not a question and answer sheet 
I come to you for that 
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Aww…I’m so thankful. 
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Yeah, sometimes I do and other times I don’t.
All by myself~!
Yes. I call it “my wall of sticky notes”
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No index cards?
look at my stack Leave me alone, I will get to you soon, damn!
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Nope. If I had those, I’d either lose them or they’d blow away. Sticky notes I stick to my bedroom wall, wardrobe, desk and surrounding areas
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yes, definately, and then abandon them but still answer them without trying 
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Lol!
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I’m a plotter so I guess part of the plotting process would count as asking myself questions?
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True, true!
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