Genesis 31:2 "And
Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as
before."
As we are setting up our
story world and introducing our characters to our readers, we’re going to need
an inciting incident. We’re going to need some reason why our characters can’t
go happily about their businesses. The reader needs an answer to the question,
“Why am I reading this?”
It can be an intrusive event
that happens to our characters. It can be something like what Jacob
experienced—the people around our characters force a change. It could even be
something small that causes a character to realize he is in a rut and must
change—putting pressure on himself.
The inciting incident is what sets our story rolling and our characters reeling.
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