“From Crime Scene to Silver Screen: How a Vault Heist Sparked a ScreenCraft Fellow’s Unlikely Journey to Filmmaking Success”
The Inciting Incident
One day, a man walked into the bank, wielded a gun, and robbed the bank. There are details I’m leaving out, but the important thing is that no one was hurt. But all throughout the robbery, I kept hearing Paula Cole’s voice singing the Dawson’s Creek theme song, “I don’t wanna wait for our lives to be over…”
A little on the nose, sure, but the sentiment rang true. I didn’t want to be a bank teller for the rest of my life (or even for another week to be honest). I wanted to be a screenwriter. If the robbery taught me anything, it’s that life is too short not to try for your dreams.
