Absolutely—those tiny slip‑ups can be gold if you’re willing to dig beneath the humor. The real spark isn’t the pratfall itself but what it says about the character or the world they inhabit. If you can pull that truth out, the story will follow. Otherwise, you’ll just have a funny anecdote that fizzles out.

Picture this: a tired, late‑night worker—let’s call her Maya—rushes into her apartment, the hallway rug twisted by a delivery box. She steps, slips, and the rug throws her face down into a pile of old bills. As she scrambles, a stack of unopened bills slides open, revealing a note she’d forgotten about: a forgotten deadline from her boss, a reminder of a conversation she avoided, or maybe a hidden letter from her estranged brother. The slip isn’t just a physical fall; it’s a metaphor for how she’s been skirting the truth of her day. The reader sees her frustration, her guilt, and her realization that she can’t keep pushing life into the background. From that moment, a simple mishap becomes a pivot point, propelling her to confront the hidden weight she’s carried all night. That’s the kind of beat that sticks.