From your St. Martin’s Guide, 1.3.a
- What is it? What are its characteristics, dimensions, features, and parts? What do your senses tell you about it?
- What caused it? What changes occurred to create your issue? How is it changing? How will it change?
- What is it like or unlike? What features differentiate your issue from others? What analogies can you make about your issues?
- What larger system is the issue a part of? How does your issue relate to this system?
- What do people say about it? What reactions does your issue arouse? What about the issue causes those reactions?