10 Questions Writers Should Ask of Their Audience to Challenge Their Thinking

1. Why do you believe in what you believe in?
2. How has what you have always done or currently do, helped you evolve? 
3. What do you think?  What is your opinion or viewpoint on the matter? 
4. What is your experience on the matter? How do you relate to this topic?
5. Who are you?  How do you define yourself?
6. What can you do to improve or change things? What actions can you take to remedy this issue?
7. Are you innocent or guilty, a victim or the perpetrator? Which side of the debate do you stand on?
8. Is it now or never? Will you commit?
9. Are you healed?  Are you enlightened?  Do you feel better or revitalized? 
10. Can you utilize these resources and if so, how so?  What is your plan?

These questions are not questions a writer would ask of their readers directly but are the perceived or conscious questions that different kinds of writing can bring about.  For example, questions “1. Why do you believe in what you believe in?” and “7. Are you innocent or guilty, a victim or the perpetrator? Which side of the debate do you stand on?” is in direct relation to writing that challenges ones views or insights, by showing the reader another point of view on the topic to challenge their belief system, in which maybe they learn something about themselves, which is reflective of question “5. Who are you?  How do you define yourself?”

Questions “2. How has what you have always done or currently do, helped you evolve?” and “8. Is it now or never? Will you commit?” challenges readers to make changes in their lives and may be related to motivational writing related to topics such as fitness, health or addiction.

Question “10. Can you utilize these resources and if so, how so?  What is your plan?” corresponds with informational writing, or news and educational writing features. 

Question “9. Are you healed?  Are you enlightened?  Do you feel better or revitalized?” can be in relation to writing for the sake of entertainment or self-improvement.

Finally, questions “3. What do you think?  What is your opinion or viewpoint on the matter?” and “4. What is your experience on the matter? How do you relate to this topic?” are in a readers direct interest, referencing writing that is reflective of real-world views that all people can relate to on some level, such as the “Me Too” Movement -involving Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, and Brett Kavanaugh.

And last but not least question “6. What can you do to improve or change things? What actions can you take to remedy this issue?” are a call to readers to take action, which embrace writings that want to evolve change, such as the “Black Lives Matter” and “Blue Lives Matter” movements.