I realized today...
That, in my outlining process, I may be confusing and combining my "hook" and my "plot turn 1." I'm treating my hook like my "premise," mostly.
However, I've decided that I don't care, because I'm writing short stories, and they can actually be one and the same in this format. And I'm now working on my fourth outline. I'm still not sure if I'm going to go "eldritch horror" or "darkly funny" on this one, but my Inciting Incident is:
Something with tentacles comes out of the toilet and latches onto our fearless protag's wife's ass, attempting unsuccessfully to drag her in. He will manfully refrain from making a remark about the size of said ass. Screaming ensues and she demands that he Do Something.
Maybe I can do funny eldritch horror.
However, I've decided that I don't care, because I'm writing short stories, and they can actually be one and the same in this format. And I'm now working on my fourth outline. I'm still not sure if I'm going to go "eldritch horror" or "darkly funny" on this one, but my Inciting Incident is:
Something with tentacles comes out of the toilet and latches onto our fearless protag's wife's ass, attempting unsuccessfully to drag her in. He will manfully refrain from making a remark about the size of said ass. Screaming ensues and she demands that he Do Something.
Maybe I can do funny eldritch horror.