" Consider your First Plot Point, which will be the first major turning point for your characters and, as a result, often the Inciting or Key Event. The setup that occurs prior to these scenes should take no more than a quarter of the book. Anymore than that and you’ll know you’ve begun your story too early and need to do some cutting. "

― K.M. Weiland , Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story