Inciting Incident MISTAKES New Writers Make ❌  avoid these cliches!

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A well-written inciting incident can capture our attention, stoke our curiosity, and pull us right into the story... But inciting incidents are also easy to mess up. If you write this pivotal moment the wrong way, you’re in danger of boring your reader and losing their interest before they even get to the good stuff. That's why, in this video, I’m sharing the DO’s and DON’Ts of inciting incidents — common mistakes that I see a lot of writers make and how to avoid these pitfalls so that you can hook your readers immediately, make them care about your characters, and hold their attention for the rest of the story.

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✨ C H A P T E R S ✨
00:00 How to write a great inciting incident?
01:56 DON’T make the stakes the same for everyone
04:03 DON’T wait too long to make the inciting incident happen
05:24 DON’T make the conflict too easily resolved
06:42 Want to take your inciting incident to the next level?
08:43 DO make your inciting incident unique to your protagonist
10:09 DO make it happen as soon as possible
11:15 DO let your inciting incident trigger more conflict
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13:33 What’s your favorite inciting incident?
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