Nightmares S1 E10

This week on Buffy and the Art of Story: Nightmares . (Season 1, Episode 10 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.)

Along with story structure and plot turns, this episode covers the way the writers escalate conflict to maximize the characters’ pain and how Nightmares foreshadows many significant emotional arcs in the series.

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

Story Elements in Nightmares

In this podcast episode we’ll look at:

Plot Turns  
The interplay of Buffy’s character and plot conflicts
How the writers escalate conflict for maximum emotional impact
Foreshadowing of significant emotional arcs in the series

Also Season 1 DVD information about how Joss Whedon chose the Mutant Enemy company name and created the logo.

Next Up:  Out of Mind Out of Sight S1 E11

Last Week: The Puppet Show S1 E9

Plotting Your Story

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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.

Episode Transcript

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

P.S. For more on plotting, you can check out Super Simple Story Structure: A Quick Guide To Plotting And Writing Your Novel (Book 1 in the Writing As A Second Career series).

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