tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post4552535342880193538..comments2023-09-05T12:51:25.656-05:00Comments on edittorrent: Call to action examplesEdittorrenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-59591189655045503062012-03-22T21:09:03.448-05:002012-03-22T21:09:03.448-05:00"So the prince gets kidnapped. What gets the ..."So the prince gets kidnapped. What gets the protagonist involved? That's the call to action usually."<br /><br />Well, she has created a Council--mostly consisting of herself and her friends--that tries to right the wrongs that the kings in the various kingdoms do. That's why she gets involved with rescuing the prince, but while that leads to the main plot, I guess it isn't the plot itself; maybe the call to action is when Po turns up at her castle. The book actually opens on her working to rescue the prince. (I was hoping some other people would comment and we'd get a discussion going with examples!)<br /><br />"I wouldn't say the murder of the parents is the inciting incident-- too early compared to the events of the story. (It might be the inciting incident of the whole series, but not the first book.)"<br /><br />Ah, fair enough--I was thinking the whole series. I like the snake talking to him as the inciting incident. Or you could say that all the unexplainable things that happen to him are little inciting incidents.<br /><br />This is really interesting--thank you!Clare K. R. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841162467916897873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-21239277734530185362012-03-21T15:50:51.856-05:002012-03-21T15:50:51.856-05:00Clare, in the Hunger Games, the inciting incident ...Clare, in the Hunger Games, the inciting incident I think is when it's the annual day where they choose the contestants, when everyone gathers at the town square for the decision.<br /><br />Right-- when Prim gets called, it's Catniss's call to action.<br /><br />I haven't read Graceling. But "much later in the book" can't be the call to action-- that happens early. <br /><br />So the prince gets kidnapped. What gets the protagonist involved? That's the call to action usually.<br /><br />I wouldn't say the murder of the parents is the inciting incident-- too early compared to the events of the story. (It might be the inciting incident of the whole series, but not the first book.)<br /><br />You know what I thought was the inciting incident- when the snake talked to Harry, because that was when he realized he was different, and so he's ready for change when the letter comes. <br /><br />I don't know... these are just terms. But when you have these two events in the opening-- the start of change, and the (perhaps forced) invitation to involvement for the protagonist, you'll have better pacing and deeper reader investment from the start. <br />AliciaEdittorrenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-1894303208661745622012-03-19T21:16:56.193-05:002012-03-19T21:16:56.193-05:00Oh wow! I'd forgotten I even asked the questio...Oh wow! I'd forgotten I even asked the question! XD Thank you! Hmm, I think I get it, though I'm not quite sure how to use it in my own writing... Do you think both elements are necessary?<br /><br />I'm trying to come up with examples from published stories to get it more concrete for me. In <i>The Hunger Games</i>, the call to action is definitely when Prim gets chosen. But the inciting incident is... the existence of the Hunger Games? Not sure.<br /><br />I'm reading <i>Graceling</i> right now. The inciting incident--can that happen before the book actually starts? (I love how this book leaps right into the action.) That would be the kidnapping of the Lienid prince. But now I'm not sure what the call to action is. Maybe it happens much later in the book, when Katsa figures out she doesn't have to do everything Randa wants.<br /><br />Okay, I came up with one where it's clearer to me! In Harry Potter the inciting incident is the murder of his parents. The call to action is the Hogwarts letter. Right?<br /><br />In <i>Howl's Moving Castle</i>, the inciting incident is the death of Sophie's father. The call to action is when the witch turns Sophie old.Clare K. R. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841162467916897873noreply@blogger.com