These inciting incident examples will hopefully give you some inspiration for the inciting incident in your own story! But first, an ‘inciting incident’ definition, for those who need it! The inciting incident kicks the story into gear. It’s the event or choice that shakes up the main character’s normal life. If you’re writing a novel, with the possible exception
Category: Writing Matters
I’m going to share something completely different today! I was working on this new story yesterday, and I can’t remember when I’ve felt so inspired. Six hours or so flew by while I was making notes about scenes. It’s about a woman who had a close-knit friend group when she was in her mid-twenties, but it fell apart when they
It’s book cover reveal day for my upcoming romance novel, Her Time Traveling Duke! As you probably know already, this book is the sequel to Her Knight at the Museum. Book cover reveals are a big deal for authors and publishers. They’re done after the book is available for pre-order! So I put a little bit of effort into the
Hey friends! I finished a revision of my sequel for my publisher… It was a big job, and I was still working hard on editing books for clients. Now that I’m done with it, I’m going to have more time to blog, and I have some great posts planned in the next few months. I’m really excited about the story.
Confession time: this post was going to be “January Writing Prompts.” Time got away from me, and we’re nearing the end of January. But hey, they can be February writing prompts, too! There’s still plenty of winter left…here in Chicago, at least. (And if you’re writing a Christmas romance or a fantasy novel set in a cold, snowy land, it
Welcome to Work in Progress Wednesday! WIP Wednesday is usually the first Wednesday of every month. It’s when I share an excerpt of what I’m working on, and if you’re a writer, so can you! Be sure you’re subscribed to the blog (sign up in the upper lefthand corner) so you’ll get a heads up about future WIP Wednesdays. And
Hi all! Happy New Year! I hope it’s off to a good start! We had a road trip to Arizona to visit family. We’re very lucky that the dogs are good travelers! They enjoy hanging out in the backseat, napping or checking out the scenery, and they aren’t alarmed to find themselves in various motels. Anyway, I wanted to tell