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Inciting Incident

Inciting Incident

The Inciting Incident Salutations, Padawan! Prepare yourselves, but today I’m going to type at you about the inciting incident. Plot points all have their uses, and I’m not really sure you could rate one above the other. They all serve very crucial roles in developing a compelling story. But the inciting incident is one of the important ones. Why? Because I said so! LOL. Just kidding. The inciting incident is important because it’s really the first major indication of character….

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The Scene Outlining Method

The Scene Outlining Method

What’s up Padawan’s! Today I’ll be typing at you about my scene outlining process. I made this my next post because I covered my Plot Point Method last time, and in that post I mentioned my scene outlining. And instead of making you wait, I wanted to jump on it. It’s also because I’m in an especially good mood. The pancakes I made for breakfast this morning were very delicious. Yum. You can think of scenes as mini-plots within themselves,…

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The Plot Point Outlining Method

The Plot Point Outlining Method

Salutations Padawan! Today, I decided to write about something very near and dear to my heart…Pancakes! Lol, no, not really. Although, those are one of my most favorite things 🤤 A while back, I found myself really struggling to outline a manuscript. Shocking, I know, but it’s the truth. It was a slog. I just couldn’t find an outlining method that I could latch onto and understand. Sure, it sounds simple, “just follow the three act structure,” or “plot according…

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