Writing drama: 

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This is from a panel I attend about a year ago. Hope my notes will be of use.

  • Java provides moments of tension.
  • Moments of conflict.
  • Whatever you can do to ratchet up the challenge to the characters.
  • May include emotional conflict and draws out emotion from the reader.
  • Drama is distilled meeting.
  • Use conflict/tension to bear down the point of the story that are important.
  • First emotional reaction that comes first. Often, is an indication of memo drama
  • if the author tries too hard to make readers feel and emotion that can also be Michael drama
  • if you can imagine Saturday Night Live acting out a scene from your book that may indicate memo drama
  • if the reader has an emotional investment on fate of the character that can create drama.
  • Your character is the reason that the reader will want to come back and read your world. Especially when characters’ lives are in threat.
  • Success is where you can make a reader relate and feel like the emotions shared by the character and have traits that the reader wishes they could emulate.
  • Emotion is result of drama.
  • Drama is created by the story, not the words.
  • Characters want something and they don’t get it or doesn’t want something and they get it.
  • Books need mountains and valleys in the plot.
  • Suspense these be created. Given the reader just enough information to lead them to guess and anticipate the plot path.
  • Suspense is building up emotion to a high moment.
  • The more dangerous than job them are funny. The character.
  • Humor delivered in the wrong moment can deflate tension. Surely.
  • The humor that does not take away from the drama.
  • Dark humor is based on reality.
  • Luck and study the books and movies that do something right when it comes tension. Notice what the doing.
  • Check out websites that offer to do, book reviews, including e-books.

Have an idea to add to the list? Please do so in the comment section of this blog.

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