Typical inciting incidents
we all know of inciting incidents that disrupt a protagonists normal life, but what about a story set during a war for example, should the inciting incident be something like the death of a family member. What constitutes a protagonists “normal” life? Finally what should constitute an inciting incident, does it have to introduce a goal, an internal conflict, or does it just have to start a story? Does an inciting incident have to be in traditional way of disrupting a normal life, what if a character’s homeland is invaded can the inciting incident be something that happens during that invasion?