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on A young advertising executive, on a rebound, falls for the girlfriend of his close childhood friend and woos her till she yields; they carry out a clandestine affair right under the nose of her boyfriend till she begins to suffer from guilt and decides to call off the affair; but her boyfriend comes to know of the affair and has his own plans.

1-The Inciting event is when the protagonist's original girlfriend leaves him for somebody else. 2-The protagonist is the 'Young advertising executive'. 3-His goal is first to woo the girl; and when he succeeds she begins to have moral qualms and…
on A young advertising executive, on a rebound, falls for the girlfriend of his close childhood friend and woos her till she yields; they carry out a clandestine affair right under the nose of her boyfriend till she begins to suffer from guilt and decides to call off the affair; but her boyfriend comes to know of the affair and has his own plans.

Yes, thanks, I think it can be shortened: "A young advertising executive on a rebound falls for and has a clandestine affair with his best friend's girlfriend till she begins to have moral qualms and her boyfriend also finds out…
on A young advertising executive, on a rebound, falls for the girlfriend of his close childhood friend and woos her till she yields; they carry out a clandestine affair right under the nose of her boyfriend till she begins to suffer from guilt and decides to call off the affair; but her boyfriend comes to know of the affair and has his own plans.

The story begins when he falls for the girl; that's Plot Point 1. The whole of Act II is taken up by their clandestine affair and the girl's moral conflict. The affair being discovered is Plot Point 2. And the…
on A young advertising executive, on a rebound, falls for the girlfriend of his close childhood friend and woos her till she yields; they carry out a clandestine affair right under the nose of her boyfriend till she begins to suffer from guilt and decides to call off the affair; but her boyfriend comes to know of the affair and has his own plans.

The inciting incident I think is clear in the statement where it states - 'on a rebound'. That is what kick starts the story. What I like is your suggestion that "...when constructing a protagonist, the point is to craft…