Questions that leave room for an answer.

Plan an interview without writing the person’s story for them.

Your working template

Work through the prompts here, or take the blank worksheet with you.

What I need to understand:
What I already know and its source:
An open first question:
A follow-up about a specific detail:
How the person wants to be identified:
What use of the conversation we have agreed to:

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A filled example

First question: What happened when you arrived? Follow-up: You mentioned the entrance. Which entrance, and what happened there? Use: a class audio story, after discussing quotation and identification.

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Could someone disagree with your assumption without fighting the wording of the question?

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Your working template

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Before you share

Make it yours

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