THE STORY CHECK — before you act on it

The story, one flat line:
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1. What did I SEE or HEAR him do?  (not what it meant)
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2. What am I filling in that nobody told me?
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3. What has believing this already cost me?
   (a call I didn't make, a man I wrote off)
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4. If I dropped it right now, my next move is:
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Argue the other side out loud:
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  Fits what you SAW at least as well?            Y / N

Bottom fear (keep asking "and then what?"):
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