About this episode

This episode discusses character development and storytelling techniques in the Buffy episode 'This Year’s Girl'.

In This Year’s Girl ( S1 E15 of Buffy) , Faith awakens from a coma in the first of two episodes that eventually lead to her visiting Los Angeles–and Angel. Along with the recap of This Year’s Girl , this podcast episode focuses on: (1) telling the story and building character through setting and objects; (2) the opposite of Show Don’t Tell – powerful scenes and moments we don’t see; (3) strong conflict that conveys exposition without slowing the pace; and (4) who is the protagonist? Faith or Buffy? New Release by Lisa M. Lilly, The Desperate Man : https://lisalilly.com/desperate Download free Story Structure worksheets: https://www.lisalilly.com/worksheets Get more content, including Buffy bonus episodes and access to the self-study course How To Plot Your Novel: From Idea To First Draft , by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/lisamlilly Listen to the Buffy podcast episodes starting from the beginning: https://lisalilly.com/buffy-story-hellmouth/ Try The Awakening (Book 1) by Lisa M. Lilly free at https://lisalilly.com/free/ Read the Buffy and the Art of Story books: https://lisalilly.com/buffy/ About Lisa M. Lilly In addition to hosting the Buffy and…

People in this episode

Host: Lisa M. Lilly

Topics covered

• character development
• storytelling techniques
• conflict in narrative
• protagonist analysis
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Keywords

• Buffy
• Faith
• storytelling
• character
• conflict
• narrative
• Angel
• Lisa M. Lilly

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Buffy and the Art of Story

Products: The Desperate Man

Books & works: This Year’s Girl, Angel, The Awakening

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