| "People comment that there is so little drama in my | | | | our lives that seem almost like a play or movie, |
| books. …Even though drama sells, and it makes | | | | revealing aspects of ourselves lying beyond our |
| good press. Most people are not living dramatic lives. | | | | awareness, and yet discovered or acknowledged. |
| …" | | | | We feel exposed when the challenges of life bring |
| –Angelia Menchan, author of "Ramblings," "Schae's | | | | them to the surface. |
| Story," "Is No Not Clear Enough for You?, as well as | | | | Angelia's assertion that most people do not lead |
| publisher and author of Women's Writes. | | | | dramatic lives cuts to what some view as a banal and |
| Definitions for the word drama range from, a prose or | | | | boring existence. |
| verse composition, especially one telling a serious story, | | | | Unlike the celebrities of media and politics most of us |
| that is intended for representation by actors | | | | do not live out our actions and interactions on a stage |
| impersonating the characters and performing the | | | | in front of viewers. Many in America consider this a |
| dialogue and action, to a serious narrative work or | | | | curse. |
| program for television, radio, or the cinema. | | | | Writers and authors particularly of fiction straddle the |
| (Answers.com) | | | | fence of self revelation and exposure through the |
| This definition also includes, theatrical plays of a | | | | stories we craft and the increased demand to put our |
| particular kind or period [in history.] (Answers.com) | | | | selves, our faces, bodies, and thoughts–either in |
| Definition of the word, drama also refers to the art or | | | | person or through the Internet–out among would-be |
| practice of writing or producing dramatic work, the | | | | readers and buyers of our work. |
| character or personality of a person, place or | | | | We cannot ignore the marketing and promotion |
| event.(Answers.com) | | | | required to achieve sales. And yet the work we do |
| And then there are the course or order of even that | | | | requires solitude, time alone in which we quiet the mind |
| result from and take place within the midst of human | | | | and listen to the drama held within the personalities of |
| actions and interactions. | | | | our characters and reflected through their actions. |
| Drama also includes those events and occurrences in | | | | |