what is an inciting incident
In contemporary screenplay theory, every story must have an inciting incident. The inciting incident is an event near the beginning of the story that initiates the protagonist on his or her journey.It represents a change in the equilibrium of the character.It has been described as an external event which creates a desire on the part of the protagonist, the primary cause for all that follows.riticism Edit. As the above examples show, deciding which event is the inciting incident is somewhat arbitrary. In Star Wars, the inciting incident could have been Princess Leia putting the plans in R2D2 in the first place. Or, it could have been the Empire boarding her ship.