 Drama: June 06, 2012 Issue [#5086] |
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This week: Drama? It's an Experience. Edited by: NaNoKit  
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There was a time when I thought drama was something to be avoided. I was wrong.
This week's Drama Newsletter contains an introduction, and some of the reasons why drama matters - in life and in literature.
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I would like to introduce myself – I am your new Drama Newsletter editor. A while ago I would never even have considered writing for this newsletter. Drama? I thought it was all about unpleasant childhoods and tragic relationships, and I’d had enough experiences of my own to want to read about those. But then I realized that I was wrong (it does happen). Drama is a part of life. As much as I’d like to avoid it, and I am sure many people would like to do the same, I can’t escape it. Ups and downs happen. Relationships happen, in all their many forms. And drama is an important aspect of a wide variety of literary genres, from crime to horror, from comedy to fantasy. It stirs people’s emotions. It makes us relate to the characters. Drama is actually quite fascinating.
I recently read a novel by Lesley Pearse, called Never Look Back. It’s a lengthy novel, but I read it in only a few days. It was one of those stories that I couldn’t put down – always a sign of a good read. It’s about a girl, Matilda, who is born in the slums of London and ends up travelling to the USA as a nursemaid to the daughter of a minister and his wife. In America she experiences love, loss and great adventure. The reader travels with her on the wagon train to Oregon, experiences the gold rush, the Civil War, and the plight of the poor and desperate. Matilda is a strong woman, though her strength is greatly challenged at times. And Lesley Pearse is a brave author, because I’ve never known so many important characters to die within a single book, or for a writer to tackle so many horrific topics in one go. I would strongly recommend it.
But my favourite author, Terry Pratchett, doesn’t shy away from drama, either. Though I’d place his work in the fantasy and comedy genres, Monstrous Regiment tackles the horror of war and inequality between the genders. It is the story of a young woman who decides to join the army to find her brother. And in Unseen Academicals he describes class division and the effects of racism, two topics he follows up in Snuff.
I love it when a novel makes me laugh, but I also love it when an author can make me cry, think, feel. I cried reading The Green Mile by Stephen King, and The Chamber by John Grisham. The Innocent Man by John Grisham – a novel based on a true story – gave me a lot of food for thought. All these works contain aspects of the drama genre, some more than others, and all of those are novels I have read more than once and I would count them amongst my favourite reads. So, my eyes have been well and truly opened, and I feel honoured to be one of your newsletter editors.
And as your new newsletter editor, I would like to know what you want to read about in here. This is your place. I can discuss particular novels, give writing tips, hold mini contests and set writing challenges… it’s up to you. Feel free to get in touch!
I hope that this will be an interesting and worthwhile experience for all of us. 
kittiara
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