tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389409360415735927.post3396210916464230603..comments2024-03-26T04:36:00.451-07:00Comments on SCRIPTMONK!!! presents:<br> scribbler blog-o-zine: Inciting Incident IgnoranceSCRIPTMONK!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13911675482380489540noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389409360415735927.post-79581739579765189942016-03-22T16:23:45.808-07:002016-03-22T16:23:45.808-07:00Very well put. I appreciate your ability to put th...Very well put. I appreciate your ability to put this issue into layman's terms. Thank you!Che13https://www.blogger.com/profile/03969554411051880626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389409360415735927.post-20676404408469638602014-07-03T17:17:49.482-07:002014-07-03T17:17:49.482-07:00Oh, formula-schmormula puddin' n' pie! All...Oh, formula-schmormula puddin' n' pie! All this article is saying, in far more drawn out terms, the most very basic of wisdom in all storytelling: "Things aren't interesting until what's supposed to happen has begun to happen; but before it starts to happen, we have to know what the heck is going on." Exactly how long it should be before that thing starts to happen varies according to the size and scope of the form of story. A two-hour long film needs a certain amount of front-ending. The 12-16 window came to be as the inciting incident naturally settled into a groove made of a happy medium between the feature film's need for girth and the length of the human attention span upon a cold opening.SCRIPTMONK!!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13911675482380489540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389409360415735927.post-52761078621989746022014-07-03T06:33:09.116-07:002014-07-03T06:33:09.116-07:00Great post on helping people identify the inciting...Great post on helping people identify the inciting incident.<br /><br />Especially the part about knowing that the inciting incident, does not necessarily mean the point where the protag will be physically doing something to qualify it as the inciting incident.<br /><br /><b>However</b>, if we want organic movies and not just those formulaic movies that Hollywood seems to be dishing out these days, which is only contributing to ADD in audiences and R-ADD (reader attention deficit disorder - readers being those coverage readers in Hollywood studios)... then we *SHOULD* be having more screen-play like Minority Report.<br /><br />These are the organic Screenplays that advance the audiences intellect, while making for better roller coaster rides. <br />There's something about well crafted build ups, set-ups, and late payoffs that lead to better denouement.<br /><br />This is a lost art, in today's movies, where readers and screenplay writers flip thru to look for milestones..page 10, page 25-30 etc...<br /><br />The end result: Formulaic movies.<br />- My 2 cents.Dirrogate Mayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09108197405856293507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389409360415735927.post-17140400609790239382014-05-31T04:02:41.522-07:002014-05-31T04:02:41.522-07:00Great post and very clear. I was struggling to nai...Great post and very clear. I was struggling to nail down the inciting incident but this has made it clear and simple. Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09447396595074451518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389409360415735927.post-54727904509076163432014-02-14T08:55:57.044-08:002014-02-14T08:55:57.044-08:00Thanks a lot, it's clear for me now.Thanks a lot, it's clear for me now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389409360415735927.post-81440251412987219892014-02-12T10:21:53.774-08:002014-02-12T10:21:53.774-08:00Ah, but you have made an error in your appraisal o...Ah, but you have made an error in your appraisal of Star Wars. (I'll cut you some slack. It may have been a while since you last saw the film.) Leia's message is not a request to be rescued. It asks the receiver to get the secret plans hidden in R2D2 to the Rebel Army so they may destroy the Death Star (which is what happens at the story's climax). None of the heroes set out with the intention to rescue Leia. They just wind up in the wrong place at the right time and are thus able to do so.<br /><br />A lot of people have difficulty breaking down Star Wars for a simple reason. In most films, the event of the inciting incident sets up the be-all, end-all of the story action. But in some cases, the inciting incident and the story goal it creates is just the excuse necessary to get the hero off his or her butt and accomplish something much greater. If you asked people what Star Wars was about, none of them are going to say it is about some people trying to smuggle secret plans out of enemy territory - even though that is the plot. Star Wars is really about Luke growing up and finding his destiny. However, this is kind of an abstract premise. So to make this work, Luke needs a simple tangible story problem (the plans in R2D2) and a simple tangible story goal (get them to the Rebels and defeat the Empire) to get Luke off his butt in order to encounter the people and events that will lead him to his destiny. <br /><br />But whatever story problem you set up at the inciting incident must be resolved at the story climax. Otherwise, you will have a story that seems to switch problems and goals midway, creating a broken Story Spine. SCRIPTMONK!!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13911675482380489540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389409360415735927.post-29576600229149400412014-02-12T06:24:18.829-08:002014-02-12T06:24:18.829-08:00This is a great post. I'm just learning about ...This is a great post. I'm just learning about story structure and the analysis you provide here really helps. I have one question - to what extent does the inciting incident need to link directly to the climax? Because I would imagine the answer is: completely. I agree that in Taken the ii should be his daughter being kidnapped. And in this case the resolution is Liam Neeson rescuing her. But in Star Wars, if the ii is that Luke wishes to rescue the princess, this problem is resolved a good half an hour before the movie's end (at TP2?).<br />Anyway, just a genuine question. Once again, thanks for the article.<br />TimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com