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While we like to write drama, sometimes we need to avoid the drama. Other times, we keep quiet and write. |
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Drama comes in many forms. Right now, one definite place to find drama is in the realm of politics and located on facebook. Whether it's done with actual text or memes, let's face it probably memes reposted from some other page, there is a lot being posted right now that can do the job of raising blood pressure and the temptation to respond.
Before my shifts at work or on my lunch break, I will check facebook since I don't have much else to do. On the site, I am mostly friends with people I've known in person, few online buddies and the rest is family. And will have to admit, me and certain members of the family don't share the same opinions when it comes to certain matters. At times I have cringed a little reading the things posted on the site. Have been tempted to comment on a couple of occasions with the Princess Bride meme that questions if they know the actual meaning of the word they are using. However, I haven't actually responded to a single post where we would have a very different opinion.
While tempting to post responses to some of the drama others create, sometimes it's better to be silent.
Or... One can be silent and yet not so silent. That is part of the benefit from being a writer. We take the things we see around us and instead of bottling them up or causing more issues by posting public responses online, we use them as inspiration for stories. Of course, some names might get changed in the process. There are some limits to consider but that doesn't mean we can't use the drama around ourselves in order to come up something to write.
At times, it is necessary to respond, other times we can find better venues than a random web site which uses some strange equation for the timeline in which the posts get viewed. Writing is a good source for this because we can share it with many others, make some good points and even political statements, and still produce a creative item that has other elements involved. Timing and method are something to consider as well when it comes to the drama we see and the ones we create. It's a part of onstage drama as well as on the page. Even in our own lives we consider timing and method, or well at least some of us do. Others might not and that is how certain drama gets created.
Whether you agree with what people post or not, take a moment, consider the dramatic potential, then get to a place where you can start writing. You might create something quite dramatic or at least be able to blow off some steam without causing a riot to later be dealt with at the next family gathering.
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Do you avoid drama online? How do you use life drama when writing?
Last time, when I edited this newsletter it was the time of novels, aka nanowrimo time and I focused on the preparation some take before writing. Here is the one comment sent in from that newsletter:
Comment by Quick-Quill 
I intended to do the Nano, but opted for a 100-day book challenge with accountability similar to the Nano. It's basically the same thing, but a smaller group and more instant feedback. I hope everyone completes the challenge and the Nano.
- The 100 day sounds good too, some extra days instead of trying to write the story in a single month. Hope everyone did well too.
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