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Drama: July 20, 2016 Issue [#7760]

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Drama


 This week: Friday Nights
  Edited by: Dawn Embers Author IconMail Icon
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Drama Newsletter by Elf

Talking about different days of the week and the expectations people have for what gets done or activities. What do people do on Friday versus Monday? How can it vary in stories?


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This last Friday, my sister and I were at our apartment when the topic of going out came up. Friday night is the go out night and having driven in the area now (Los Angelos) it is obvious that people like to do things on the start of the weekend. What were we doing on that fun night? I'd say going out but it would be a fib. We were at home watching Friends dvds cause we're cool like that.

Staying in does have its benefits, any day of the week. Nothing wrong with staying home to work on that epic novel, short story or even to write a few poems. I probably should have worked on my novel, in fact, since I'm on the very last chapter. Plus, not everyone has Friday night off from work. Some people get the weekend off and work all week long. Others have a different schedule. My "normal" work schedule involves working all weekend (or it used to as the new store varies a bunch right now) and I'd have off like Tuesday or Wednesday, one of the middle of the work week type ones. So, Friday night for me used to just mean work.

We can also take the thoughts of the week into our stories. Whether writing contemporary or going into futuristic, sci-fi and such, there are still probably days of the week and what characters do can vary depending on the day. They might not always be called the same thing. Maybe the world doesn't have a Friday night or a Sunday. But they have something and aside from those on adventure or having their lives disrupted with the conflict of the story, the other people are following routines, doing jobs or even having a great time out for the night.

Or maybe they are at home, being entertained instead of going out. All depends on the characters and the stories. There can be drama depending on the day of the week too. Monday is a work type drama day for many. It has that reputation of being well, Monday. Garfield, the comic cat, hated that day despite spending most of his days around the house and eating lasagna. There are many memes for Monday's versus middle of work or the great, start of the weekend. Friday night can involve drama too for those that go out and do things, or some inner drama with why am I not out like the other peoples. Options for drama vary throughout the week but no matter the day, there is something there.

Friday will return and maybe this one will have a little drama or there will be something to do. What will Friday night be like for you? I think this Friday night I will be... well, I'll be home maybe working online or I'll get called into work. Have to wait and see what happens. Maybe I'll find something for my characters to do. Have fun and keep writing.


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What do you do on Friday? Is that a big night in your story?

Last time, I wrote about grabbing readers attention in different parts of the static item for drama stories and beyond. Here are some of the responses sent in for that topic:

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Having participated in the summer round of Hook to Book I'm far more focused on the description and opening section more than ever! I do try to get good titles (that don't necessarily give the game away) and catchy descriptions. Sometimes tough with the character limit though! Titles and descriptions are the things that catch my eye in the Please Review page though, could even be a character's name. In bookstores, it's the title that catches my eye first.

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Title may grab my eye but rarely. Book cover and synopsis. A spine is what has to attract a person to pull it out and read it. Thats why Costco has them lying flat on a table. You cover and synop can sell your book. I don't believe in first lines. First paragraphs with too many passive words like Was and WERE will turn me off and I won't buy it. Well, I did by an e-book and nearly stopped reading, but the character intrigued me.


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