Yesterday Suz talked about those moments or incidents in our lives that provoke us to change. They can be small or large events, but something in them jump starts our hearts to do something different. Susie wrote: Inciting Incidents don’t have to derail us. And whatever path we then take, we can know, despite our feelings, God is always with us, and will greet us when we get to our destination. Today, let’s talk about the inciting incidents of our stories. First, what is the inciting incident? One thing I’ve learned from studying the writing craft is the language used to describe story telling doesn’t always compute with our various brains. The inciting incident is the event, moment of truth, issue, problem, quandary, whatever, that sends your hero (or heroine) […]
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Focus on the Facts
Cancer A death in the family A house fire A tragic accident A baby’s birth A new job The “phone call” from a publisher… We all have those “inciting incidents” in our lives that change everything. From that moment on, our road veers from its previous course, the landscape changes and we’re venturing into unknown territory. It’s easy to feel scared. Alone. And, if we let the trees and unfamiliar surroundings overwhelm us, we can feel lost, and tell ourselves that God has abandoned us. We’re going to be talking this week in MBT about the “Inciting incident” – that moment in the life of our hero when everything changes. But as we focus today on our own “inciting incidents” I thought I’d share something with you I got from […]
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