How to Write a Novel: Inciting Event

This week in the "How to Write a Novel" series, I'll be focusing on the inciting event. If you haven't noticed, I've added a link to the series on the pages bar above. There, you'll find links to all the posts in the series.






The inciting event is the thing that happens to get the main plot going. The best place for the inciting event near the beginning. After you've hooked your reader and