18.45: NaNoWriMo Week 2 - Inciting Incident
Welcome to the first official week of National Novel Writing Month (or, almost the end of this week)! In this episode, we dive into how to write an inciting incident.\xa0
What is an inciting incident? It is often the thing that goes wrong in your story. Within the first page, writers should have something go wrong. But what should this thing be? Our writers have some advice for questions you can ask yourself in order to understand your novel\u2019s inciting incident.\xa0
Also, Dan shares a recipe for an inciting incident that he learned from screenwriting, and Mary Robinette talks about the three \u201ctrauma attachment points.\u201d\xa0
Homework:\xa0
What does failure look like for your character? Use this to direct your inciting incident.\xa0
Thing of the Week:\xa0
A pep talk from Erin!\xa0
Liner Notes:\xa0
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
\ufeffCredits: Your hosts for this episode were Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler. It was produced by Emma Reynolds, recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson.
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