Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

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Inciting Incident: Something has to happen, immediately

Inciting Incident: Something has to happen, immediately

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Alexandra Sokoloff
Feb 17, 2023
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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 (even if it may not seem so at first) that will challenge your protagonist to take action to get their heart’s DESIRE.

It is crucial to the success of your writing for you to understand what an Inciting Incident is and how to …

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