Write Your Own Story: The Incident-Part 4

We see this in every play, movie, or book. It's that moment of conflict, which launches the characters head first into the story. As Miller puts it, the inciting incident is the doorway of which there is no return. Without an inciting incident ... Call it the good samaritans, guardian angels, or whatever you want, but a couple days later I was given a free roundtrip plane ticket and a free weekend hotel stay in Manhattan. One week later, I was on a plane to New York City . ...