![]() No matter if you’re writing a short story or a full novel, your story will still get a slap. When writing a novel, there are two of these “slaps,” the second worse than the first. That is the inciting incident for both the first book and the whole of the war for the iron throne.įigure out what your (probably smaller) inciting incident is, whether that’s a stranger wandering in to your character’s classroom or some unknown object smacking your character in the back of the head while they jogged past their favorite, and oddly empty, coffee shop one morning. This puts a target on Bran’s back since he didn’t actually die and then he was nearly killed by a “hitman” with a Lannister blade. Your story needs to have an inciting incident as part of its story structure too.įor example, the inciting incident in Game of Thrones that kicks off the entire Stark VS Lannister war that’s ultimately the reason behind all the heartache, death, and drama is when Jaime Lannister pushes Bran Stark out of the window. There’s always one thing that happens in any story or book or even movie that kicks off the chain of events. Story Structure Milestone 2 – The Inciting Incident The more your reader can bond with the focus of your story, the more likely it is they’ll stick around to find out what happens to them.
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