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Drama: October 26, 2022 Issue [#11614]




 This week: Constantly Overreacting
  Edited by: Annette Author IconMail Icon
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"The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama." ~ Edward Bond


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Constantly Overreacting


Life is full of dramas small and benign. As writers, we can work with that. The best way to incorporate normal life into writing is by grossly overreacting to everything all of the time. Fallacies are our best friends when we try to take something boring and want to make it not boring. Here are some that I recommend. Not in real life, but in fiction, yes.

Argumentum Ad Hominem

Argument toward the man. Attack or praise the person who made an argument instead of addressing what was said. Works well to help creating characters on both sides of the argument.

Argumentum Ad Populum

Argument to the people. No proof for the argument is needed since the claim here is that everyone in general is in agreement. The "everyone says so" bandwagon.

Argumentum Ad Verecundium

Appeal to improper authority. That is to use the name of a famous person to claim that something must be true. Although that person does not have any connection to the topic. An example would be a dentist recommending that we all smoke cigarettes.

Argument from Consequences

The argument made must be true as an otherwise negative outcome is guaranteed. If we don't stop growing palm trees on that hill, the volcano will awake and lava will come down the hill and boil everything.

Begging the Question ~ or ~ Circular Reasoning

Prove a claim by repeating it over and over but with different words. Clearly, this one is not a fallacy because I'm telling you that it isn't. Fallacies are not real. I can tell you anything I want and you should believe me.

What fallacy are you going to use to drag me into your drama?


Editor's Picks

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Coming Out on Angel Food Cake Day Open in new Window. (ASR)
A young woman comes out to her parents over dinner, with mixed results
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 Halloween in Oz? Open in new Window. (13+)
There’s a lot of crazy characters in Oz and it’s a great place for a Halloween event
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 Behind the curtain Open in new Window. (E)
Tiny insight on what I've been going through lately and why I've been MIA.
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 Fear is the only thing... Open in new Window. (E)
horror flash fiction piece for The Grim Reaper Contest 2022
#2282833 by Pumpkin Spice Sox Author IconMail Icon

 The Experiment (Revised Version) Open in new Window. (18+)
Revised version of story about 1st man to be miniaturized
#2282005 by Riverd0g Author IconMail Icon

 The Interloper Open in new Window. (E)
My daughter's pets
#2281980 by Odessa Molinari Author IconMail Icon

 Why Does This Banana Taste Sour Open in new Window. (E)
Never had a sour banana. You?
#2281763 by LucyCot Author IconMail Icon

 22 Minutes to Go Open in new Window. (ASR)
There were just 22 minutes to go. Until what, exactly?
#2281754 by Kit Author IconMail Icon

 
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Replies to my last Drama newsletter "Based On Real Events" Open in new Window. that asked the question: How true to the original should a story that was based on real events be?

Elfin Dragon-finally published Author Icon wrote: I've often thought that if you're going to write a dramatized version of a story, it should be as close to the facts as possible. Sure, you'll have to probably guess what people were thinking and sometimes doing at the time. But you can draw upon news reels and history notes.

Quick-Quill Author Icon wrote: I wrote Silent River based on an unsolved murder. Because the missing family is the inciting incident, the rest of the plot is based on actual police reports and interviews with the detective on the case. I wrote it as fiction so I could put things in the story that were circumstantial evidence. I still didn't point to the person the detective and I felt initiated the murder. He's still alive. I think.

Paul Author Icon wrote: Thank you for that post, it made me think of some events I’ve lived through that are amusing. Imagine the backstory for refusing to eat a piece of your mothers, aunts, grandmothers or whoever’s pumpkin pie. I detest pumpkin pie because the high vitamin A veggies like pumpkin and sweet potatoes taste rancid and make me vomit. Not an easy thing to grow up with because no one believed me. It was always, “you’ll love the way I fixed them.”
Almost any event has a backstory that can be exploited if you can pull the idea out of the muses top hat.

Beholden Author Icon wrote: Thank you so much for including my story, "Also Yellow," in your Editor's Picks

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