The Harvest S1 E2

Today on Buffy and the Art of Story: Season 1, Episode 2, The Harvest.

For writers and other story creators interested in looking at Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes one-by-one to see how plot, characterization, and other story elements work (and very occasionally don’t).

Every discussion is spoiler-free, except at the end (with plenty of warning).

Story Elements in The Harvest

In this podcast episode we’ll look at how Buffy handles these story elements in the second half of the 2-episode pilot:

The commitment and reversal at the story mid-point (where the episode begins)
How the plot turns at the three-quarter point 
The way characterization affects plot, particularly leading to the final battle
The Climax
Falling Action
Story questions that keep us watching
In the Spoiler section, more on Darla, Angel, Giles, and a little bit of misdirection

Also some highlights from the Buffy DVD commentaries by Joss Whedon on Willow and Darla.

The 7 Season Plan

Two down and too many episodes left to count!

Buffy and the Art of Story plans to cover every episode of Buffy in order and spoiler-free — except at the end so I can talk about foreshadowing, but I’ll give you plenty of warning.

Down the road there’ll be a Patreon account where you’ll be able to get a free story structure template. As a patron, you’ll also get access to bonus episodes.

Those episodes will include Buffy-adjacent stories (such as key Angel episodes). Also films or TV episodes that are intriguing from a story, theme, or character perspective.

Requests will be welcome.

Episode Transcript

Coming Soon. (I promise, as Buffy might say.)

P.S. For more fiction writing tools you can check out my non-fiction books, which cover story structure, finishing a novel in one year, and character development.

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