Inciting incident: the engine that moves your novel's plot

What was it that made you finally go from dreaming of being a writer, to actually being a writer? Can you remember? In fiction, too, inciting incidents are so important. They are the thing that launches your book's plot into gear, the thing that forces your main character out of complacency and into action. Considering how important these inciting incidents are for authors to master, in this episode of the How to be an Author podcast, writing coach Karena Akhavein will be talking: -What makes a good inciting incident. -Inciting incident troubleshooting. -Inciting incident mistakes.