“Complete the puzzle” is a mini monologue or ingredient you can use in an interrogation. I came up with this yesterday. Every time I say it is a little different, but the concepts are these:

The truth is like a puzzle

When a puzzle is missing a piece, it is obvious

I know you are lying because I’ve investigated, but OTHERS know you are lying too. It is just as obvious to them as it is to me. They see that the picture is incomplete

As long as the picture is incomplete people will keep looking for the missing piece

I’ve never once completed a puzzle and wondered what was outside of the picture; it was obvious that it was complete.

All of the good stuff you have done is in the picture but people can’t see it because they can’t stop staring at the missing part

When you tell the truth, even though it’s ugly, the mind can relax and people can begin to look at the good you have done and not just the bad. They will see the whole picture and not just the bad.

As long as you are lying and holding onto that missing piece, you and your actions are inseparable as long as you are inseparable from your actions people will hate not just the action but also you

You need to admit what you did was wrong, say you’re sorry, and say it won’t happen again when you do, you can separate yourself from your actions and you can stand together with your family and together look at the action and say it was wrong. Together you can hate the action and love the man

Tell the truth. Complete the puzzle

This can be used in a longer interrogation monologue. It should not replace your theme but rather supplement it. Don’t rush to the alternative question. Build your themes, add in mini monologues like this, and only when the fight is out of them should you move forward with an alternative question (always, of course, finished with a leading question).

Good luck out there!

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