Drama, my favourite genre. It is the author’s view and representation of society. It can be fluid with it’s rules, as it can be nonfiction or fiction. Most authors are incorporating farce drama’s into already written romance stories. This is the part that agitates me, my whole shelf of drama’s is just farce romance. You know “To Kill a Mockingbird” is a drama? Beautiful book, extremely well written, a strong firm view and reflection on society. The Hunger Games is science fiction, but I could count it as a drama due to the author, Suzanne Collins, baring as much heart as she did. If you want a heart wrenching story to put in the drama category, please make your own idea. It’s more interesting for readers, sure there’s new twists in each mafia story, but it feels old.
Back to my first point, please truly think about whether it’s drama or romance.
I would consider Mockingjay as science fiction (for both the novel and the movie). But i agree that The Hunger Games and Catching Fire shouldn’t be science fiction. It should be drama.
For ur 1st point, maybe authors have a hard time differentiating romance and drama?
Also, I like how the books eased from one Genre to another for the Hunger Games Trilogy ( I don’t know whether to include “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” as part of the trilogy.). I think the reason why the Trilogy thrived so we’ll was due to the focus on the main character, yet not forgetting about society. I think that’s why many people who try to make dramas fail, they forget the reflective elements.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is the spin off of the trilogy so imo it’s not considered into the trilogy. Like The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner in the Twilight Saga.
Yes most dramas are romance. Authors have to know that if more than a certain percentage of their story, say 80% is romance and 20% drama, then it should be a romance genre.
If there’s more percentage of drama (involving the society and other characters) rather than just focussing on the main character and the love interest, then it can be drama.
Imo, the percent is definitely a problem, I’ve seen some stories on the shelf where there really isn’t any elements of drama. No reflection, the focus is just on them and the love interest. I also think that Episode itself should put up the elements of each category, as people can do research but for some it’s much harder to define, like drama.
I totally get your point.
I have a drama story myself and it has some romance in it too but I want my readers to understand that the whole point of the story is not the romance and relationships of the MC but what happens around her and her family, and this is clearly drama
Thank you so much! I tried not to put too much romance in it. I’ve read a few stories which were in the drama genre but I didn’t see any drama happening in the whole story!
I absolutely support your point, I think people put their stories in drama because it seems easier to get more reads since there are A LOT romance stories
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