 Drama: December 28, 2010 Issue [#4149] |
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This week: A New Year of Drama ~ K I S S Edited by: Kate - Writing & Reading  
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Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet
To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet.
Alexander Pope
All that I see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
Edgart Alan Poe
Welcome to this week'd edition of the WDC Drama Newsletter ~ I'm honored to be your guest host as we prepare to ring in a New Year!
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Greetings, fellow scribblers of prose and verse. A new year is approaching and as we think of resolutions, let's think not of what we will give up, but what we will do.
We will write because we must, and while we're at it, let's do it with just a bit of flare! Yes, let's get dramatic! You don't need to be a practiced screenwriter to add a bit of drama to your prose and verse. Drama is conflict; Drama is emotion. We want our readers to care about the 'otherworld' we create for them; so we give them something to strive for (along with our character, be it sentient mortal or other-natured) = conflict; that they care to see resolved so the character is satisfied, better off, and the 'otherworld' a bit better for it = emotion.
Note, I say 'a bit'. Let's explore that thought.
K I S S = Keep It Simple Scribe.
Reduce your story or poem to its essence and you will find the kernel of dramatic impact that will make your readers care. That can be comedic, i.e., the New Year's Eve reveler who shows up dressed in costume 'to kill' at a casual party (make of that what you will). Or it can be tragic, i.e., the reveller who turns to kiss his New Year's date and finds himself alone . Again, these things have been going on as long as we've been turning calendar pages on paper, papyrus, glyphs. But they're as new as the writer who takes pen in hand or fingers a keyboard to craft the unique story or poem.
Shakespeare crafted Romeo and Juliet from images of Roman Mythology; and Romeo and Juliet a few centuries returned in West Side Story. Think of the similarities and you will find the differences - what makes each unique. Just a bit of drama grabs your reader and draws him/her into your otherworld, be it prose or verse.
Drama is about revelations. Showing what's going on, what's developing, and getting the reader involved, drawing him/her into the story. Show the reveller at the party; show the party; with action and vivid images. Drama lets the story or poem play out for the reader.
 Is there a way to make a scene/stanza more sensually dramatic? By sensually, I mean letting us taste, hear, feel, envision what's going on at the moment.
Dialogue, hmmmm. Again, keep it simple, scribe! Dialogue moves the plot forward or reveals something about the character. Sometimes a tight-lipped sneer can say more than a long diatribe about how the partygoer was misinformed about the type of party, most likely on purpose, by the host. The sneer directed at the host - and the host's reaction - while the partygoer is deftly carving a slice of roast, now, shows the anger and offers some inference to the reader which may or may not play out as anticipated. Step out of your writer's shoes and have your racing fingers walk with your characters to show what your eyes see and your ears hear and what you taste as you partake in the story.
Then, once the reader is drawn in, eating your words with rapt attention, manipulate the image so that what is expected or presumed becomes irrelevant - because something happens! That's Drama!
Now, ready to explore some more ~ read on!
Kate
Kate - Writing & Reading
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I invite you to share in the drama envisioned in verse and prose as we approach the new year ~ some appear tragic, some comedic ~ with several 'resolutions' offered for your reading (and reviewing ) pleasure. Since I'm celebrating my fifth WDC birthday, I've even offered one of mine
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I thank you for sharing this exploration with me, and, as we approach a new year, I wish you each a bit of dramatic success and joy in writing! There's a story or poem that's just waiting for your very own expression ~ with drama!
I wish for you each a New Year of success in your endeavors and joy in your writing.
Write On!
Kate
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