Comments on: What Happened to the Inciting Incident?

By: djc

djc — Sat, 26 May 2012 20:50:56 +0000

25% no inciting incident – could you give some general statistics on various problems you find. One site I found said that 90% of submissions did not even follow standard format. What do you see in your reading?

Also and what percentage you normally pass or recommend?

By: Monica

Monica — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 07:52:54 +0000

In reply to Mrtoots. Toots, 20? Really? I've never seen that in any book. Not sure which books you're reading. Around 25-30 is the act 1 break, so page 20 for the inciting incident is way too late. If your script falls in the 101-107 page range, then I would keep it at 5-7. Otherwise, if your script warrants being longer, you could put it at 10 or so. But, really, from the reader's perspective, keep things clipping along.

By: Mrtoots

Mrtoots — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:35:28 +0000

Really? Page 5-7? But all the books say Page 20! At the end of the first act!

Page 5???