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Khaleesi

How Soon Until the Inciting Incident Happens?

one year ago

Is it a personal preference, or does it matter if I delay it a bit, to set up the story?

Ford

How Soon Until the Inciting Incident Happens?

one year ago

bend it into the shape of a hook

urnam0

How Soon Until the Inciting Incident Happens?

one year ago

Whichever one makes the story better.

Lux_Inferni

How Soon Until the Inciting Incident Happens?

one year ago

How soon is now?

MrAce321

How Soon Until the Inciting Incident Happens?

one year ago

I mean I've always heard "Start the story when things get interesting." I mean there might be merit to starting it sooner to establish a normal, but that's the general rule.

Gryphon

How Soon Until the Inciting Incident Happens?

one year ago

This website I'm fond of says 12% of the way through, but obviously you have plenty of wiggle room there.

Mizal

How Soon Until the Inciting Incident Happens?

one year ago

I mean read enough fiction of any kind and you'll see there's no hard rule on this.

I personally prefer stories that take a little time to establish a baseline of normality before threatening it though. It'd be hard to care about the Shire if we hadn't spent some time there at a birthday party before other things happened.