In writing, there are formally trained writers and those that have read a lot and have the ability to extract what they have learned from reading and apply it to their own work. What do I mean by the latter? For instance, when reading, I noticed early on that in fiction stories, there would always be a beginning that introduced us to the character and their regular life and then something happened that would essentially start the story. Upon beginning to study more about writing, I learned the proper term for that was an inciting incident and that is how most stories begin.