Making the Most of the Inciting Incident

Making the Most of the Inciting IncidentWhere does your story really begin? In this session, award winning author and creative writing professor Ran Walker will explore the inciting incident (that point of transition between the exposition and the rising action) and how to recognize and make the most of this element in your own writing, whether you are writing short stories, flash fiction, or microfiction. Instructor: Ran Walker (he him) is an award winning author, filmmaker, and professor.

Where does your story really begin? In this session, award-winning author and creative writing professor Ran Walker will explore the inciting incident (that point of transition between the exposition and the rising action) and how to recognize and make the most of this element in your own writing, whether you are writing short stories, flash fiction, or microfiction.

Instructor: Ran Walker (he/him) is an award-winning author, filmmaker, and professor. He is the author of over 40 books, with work spanning novels to microfiction and prose poetry. Known for creating the “100 x 100 micro novel” and the "50 x 50 micro novella"—forms built from 100 chapters of exactly 100 words and 50 chapters of exactly 50 words, respectively—Ran’s most current work centers on telling big stories in small spaces.

His writing has reached readers around the world and has been translated into French, Arabic, and Greek. His novel The Last Bluesman was published in France by Éditions Autrement as Il était une fois Morris Jones, and selections of his poetry and prose have appeared in translation across multiple international publications.