The Focus Sentence in Interviews

Focus sentence sets up a question that begs answering, which is the foundation of the story's overall structure. Lily wants to run a farm on the vineyard, but it's really hard to find land. O marthai is now in charge of her first farming project, but the cards are stacped against her. The focus sentence did three things for rob's class. One, help jessica choose among the many threads she had available for her story. Two, it gave the story a narrative arc. And three, it gave jessica the structure to guide her questioning.