How to Write a Powerful Inciting Incident
As cliché as starting with a definition is, understanding how we define inciting incident could bring some “insight” into how to “incite” your story’s main conflict. When speaking of narrative structures, a helpful place to start would be with the author of The Hero With a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell. Campbell presented his ideas of narrative flow and story structure by formulating the “Hero’s Journey,” a collection of archetypal events he observed in a multitude of stories.
