Story Structure: "Inciting Incident"

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This is what happens when you shoot an episode at two o'clock in the morning.

Oh the first act of a movie. Here we tell you what usually happens before the "Inciting Incident"---the moment in the first act that propels the rest of the story into motion. As an introduction into creative storytelling: Don't ever allow the inciting incident to be boring. And as a bit of added philosophy, when all else fails, copy Goodfellas.





6 Comments on “Story Structure: "Inciting Incident"”

  • Sean has gotten killed on two podcasts in a row … is he becoming the “South Park, Kenny” of the show? :)
    Holly Crap … they killed Sean!!!!!

  • Best episode yet…advice…smile! You look like you killed your best friend all the time…um…never mind ;)

  • pilamin says:

    Murderers never smile. They grin. And I watched a few of your videos. I really liked ‘Scare Tactics.’
    Oh, and don’t ever tell Sean that he’s Kenny. He prefers to see himself as a Christ figure. I kill him, and in the end he’s resurrected.

  • esotericsean says:

    @Allen
    Oh, I’m just gonna have to kill Peter now!
    @Cole
    Hey Cole! I finally remembered to add you in our links section :)

  • Rachel says:

    rofl. This cracked me up. Especially “is it laminated too?”… Simply because, well, that’s exactly a Sean thing to do. Heh. “What’s this?”. Good work, guys. Much better than weird girls making marizpan cupcakes.

  • S.Belle says:

    great enjoyed it learn alot by watching ur vids

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