Welcome To The Hellmouth S1 E1

Buffy and the Art of Story starts with Season 1, Episode 1, Welcome to the Hellmouth. 

For writers and other story creators who want to learn more about plot, characterization, and other story elements by watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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

Story Elements in Welcome to the Hellmouth:

In this podcast episode we’ll look at how Buffy handles:

Prologue
Exposition
Opening Conflict
Story Spark (a/k/a Inciting Incident)
The first major plot turn
The story mid-point

We’ll also talk about some highlights from the Buffy Season 1 DVD commentaries by Joss Whedon.

The 7 Season Plan

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.

Next Up: The Harvest, S1 E2.

Episode Transcript

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

 

P.S. For more on story structure you can check out Super Simple Story Structure: A Quick Guide To Plotting And Writing Your Novel.

FYI, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases made through this site, but that doesn’t change the purchase price to you as the buyer or influence my love for the Buffy DVDs and all things Buffy.

 

 

 

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