 Drama: August 18, 2010 Issue [#3922] |
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This week: Drama in Unexpected Places Edited by: Fyn-elf  
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Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language.~~John Milius
Any long work in which poetry is persistent, be it epic or drama or narrative, is really a succession of separate poetic experiences governed into a related whole by an energy distinct from that which evoked them.~~John Drinkwater
But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.~~Patrick Geddes
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Last weeks "For Authors Newsletter" about raindrops brought me a deluge of responses, feedback and emails. This is a good thing. *big smile* BUT what was different about the vast majority of this feedback were the stories, the emotions, the tears, the happiness, the acceptance, the epiphanies, and the 'deep in the heart' grins. In short, there was drama. Any situation where there is heightened emotion, there is drama!
Suddenly, some people were taken outside and allowed to view their existence in their frame of reference from a new vantage point. They were able to appreciate that their lives do and can have and have had a positive impact without their being aware, exactly, that that was what they were doing. And the result was inspiration and a flood of stories. There were so many 'little' (vs great big) dramatic happenings that were suddenly noticed and valued. Raindrops were plopping and splashing all over the place and each one carried with it a story full of emotion/drama.
Where there is emotion, there is drama. And this drama, if noticed, can be assimilated into our writing. We are surrounded by it on a day to day basis, yet few seem to notice it. A kind act sparking another act of kindness. A mean word translating into a sharp comment elsewhere. One person's good or bad day transforming another person's day into an equally good or bad evening. A kind word diffusing anger. Interactions between people and their environment domino into those around them. Action is followed by reaction and like the ripples from a raindrop hitting a puddle, spread on from there.
I saw a play one where there were two people sitting on the stage. No words were spoken. They just sat there. A cursory look revealed little. But if one really started watching, there were eye movement, eyebrows lifted, a hint of a smile flashed. As this went on and more people actually began to see 'small' they (and I) realized there was a conversation going on. After the scene, the audience was asked what had transpired: What had been in the wordless conversation. And not a few people were amazed at the vast amount of communication had actually transpired! The scene was done again. This time there were giggles and laughter, knowing nods and understanding. See small. Look deep.
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Sharkdaddy  wrote:Returning from a long tiring trip I was intent on getting through the WDC newsletters in my box. Simply read, digest and discard. Then came your Camelot story. This is the most inspiring article I've read in my time at WDC. I can't thank you enough for sharing it.
I saw 'Camelot' in the Pensacola Civic Center Auditorium in 1963. We were living our own Camelot as young Naval Aviators about to go forth and save the world. We had our brief shining moments. I have not thought of that wonderful evening in a long while, but your article reignited the flame that I am determined to capture in my writing. Thank you.
You are welcome. Your feedback makes my day!
CHRISTMAS cub-BELLS R RINGING!  says:  OMG!!! That is SO cool, Fyn!!! It brought tears of joy to my eyes and warm tingles down my spine. Lovely! A simply lovely story to share in this newsletter! Thank you!
Tingles are always good! *smile*
Adriana Noir  said:Oh, Fyn! What a beautiful and inspiring newsletter! Fare thee well sparkling princess; fare thee well and tell those tales of olde! 
Thank you
Mara ♣ McBain  commented: What a fabulous story of believing! You are truly blessed to have this memory to fuel your natural creativity and for you to find out the rest of the story years later must have been amazing.
It was and still is!
lindamv wrote:What a beautiful story, Fyn! You have your own King Arthur. What a spur to creating your own stories! Thank you for this.
No, thank you!
{user;salliemoffit} says:Thank you for sharing your Camelot story. It was beautiful and inspiring.
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