 Drama: April 19, 2006 Issue [#986] |
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This week: Edited by: Tammy~Catchin Up~  
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What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.
Alfred Hitchcock
The real object of the drama is the exhibition of the human character.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.
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Hello everyone!
I’m your newest Drama editor. My name is Tammy. I am 35 years old. I am a mother of two; a son, Cody (13) and a daughter Caitlyn (11). I am a LPN, Licensed Practical Nurse. I’m currently back in school to transition into the Registered Nurse Program. I’ve been in Northern Iowa for three years, but I am a Southern-girl at heart. I was born and raised in Texas.
I think some people tend to think of theater when the word drama is mentioned, others may think of a life-changing event. I think there are important differences between the two.
Theater is a collective art. It requires the work and input of a large group of people - actors, writers, designers, technicians, and so on. All work together over many months and countless rehearsals toward a common goal – an evening’s flawless entertainment for a paying audience. Whatever the benefits experienced by participants along the way, in the end theater is evaluated by how well the performance communicates to its audience. And the critics!
The Oxford dictionary defines drama as: an exciting or emotional series of events. And that’s primarily what this genre is about. Drama is an individual pursuit undertaken within a social context. Defined by human action and interaction, drama is primarily concerned with what happens to people while they are engaged in activity. Drama has no fixed end product, and there’s no right or wrong way of doing something. As a result, its effects (unlike theater performances) are unique, unrepeatable and unpredictable. Thank goodness some can’t be repeated!
Above all, dramatic experience is a very human activity, one that reaffirms we exist; that our life has meaning. For a writer, the drama genre is an exciting one, because there is no way of telling how the story will end. Drama writers control the development of their story, introducing many different characters and all sorts of twists and turns leading up to the climax of their story. And with each character or story direction the reader can wonder just how the story will end, or how the dramatic situation will be resolved. It’s an exciting challenge, and one I hope we’ll explore together in future newsletters.
One of the major aspects of drama is tension. There are many human situations and emotions a writer can use to create and maintain the tension of a story.
Here are a few dramatic situations to get your muse to flow:
 Adultery
Abduction
Crimes of Passion
Vengeance
Disaster
If you are inspired, and have a story written around one or more of the above, please email me a link. I will feature it as one of my editor’s picks in my next edition. WRITE ON!
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