Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

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Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

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Alexandra Sokoloff
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The INCITING INCIDENT, INCITING EVENT, or CALL TO ADVENTURE is the real start of your book or script. It is a life-changing event that will challenge your Hero/ine to take action to get their heart’s DESIRE.

It is almost always best to get to this scene as soon as possible!

Because until the Inciting Incident, your reader or audience is just treading wat…

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