Screenwriting Tip #916

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Don’t set up an urgent goal, then show us the protagonist doing ordinary things for the remainder of Act One. Doing her laundry/taxes/regular job before the inciting incident is fine, and may help reveal character. After the inciting incident, it’s a waste of the audience’s time.

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