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inciting incident: a standalone construct

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Screenwriting

the event that radically upsets the balance of the protagonist's life and launches the story.

In screenwriting, inciting incident refers to the event that radically upsets the balance of the protagonist's life and launches the story. This meaning comes from McKee (1997) in Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting.[1]

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References

McKee, R. (1997). Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 9780060391683

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