SCQA Red Flags and Repairs
Diagnose common story-structure failures and apply a targeted repair.
Red flag The audience asks, "Why now?" Your story has context and a recommendation, but urgency is weak. Add more background or more data. Repair Add the complication: the changed condition that makes the old state insufficient. The complication creates the question your answer resolves. Timeline problem Chronology vs causality Use Story Spine language to find the turning point. Hype repair The proposal sounds too glossy. What should you add before more vision? Credibility proof. Add pilot results, a bounded first step, a precedent, or a measurement plan that makes the future state believable. Answer repair The ending says, "Let…
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