The Power of Open Questions

Closed questions — "Did you do it?" — invite one-word lies. Open questions force narrative, and stories are much harder to fabricate consistently. "Walk me through what happened" demands detail. "How did that make you feel?" pulls for emotional recall that is hard to fake.

"What happened next?" forces sequence; "Tell me about..." gives room to reveal without feeling cornered; "Help me understand..." makes you a learner, not a judge. The more someone talks, the more material you have to check for consistency.