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Posted By: jcbnfulks Jul 03, 2003 - 01:30 am

That is my own biggest criticism. i'm way too melodramatic.

Posted By: jcbnfulks Jul 03, 2003 - 03:35 am

awwww crap i spelt melodrama wrong.

[fixed. Bmat]

Posted By: Daelish Jul 03, 2003 - 03:47 am

Yes, melodrama is usually bad.

But you aren't melodramatic,[mild flame removed. Bmat]

Btw, you can edit posts you know, instead of posting like 15 in a row.

Posted By: jcbnfulks Jul 03, 2003 - 11:26 pm

man oh man. Bmat, if i ask to see these flames and promise to not respond could i please see them? i'd like to see how wittie he really is.
(Not very)

Posted By: jcbnfulks Jul 04, 2003 - 01:46 am

anyways you need drama to make a story good and i've only had like five potentially great scenes ruined by melodrama so far. just really angers me that it reads like 'days of our lives'
no not really but you get the point.

Posted By: Eleika Jul 04, 2003 - 09:22 am

Melodrama is your character doing dramatic things and acting in ways that are a little much, or don't have a purpose to them. (Not dictionary definition, just a gist ... I'm sure someone like RF could define it better.)

Sometimes it can be used for the powers of good, such as having a deliberately melodramatic character that the others roll their eyes at, but usually melodrama is a Bad Thing.

Posted By: jcbnfulks Jul 04, 2003 - 01:51 pm

lol
i gotta agree. i hate it.

Posted By: jcbnfulks Jul 04, 2003 - 01:54 pm

ya know, i'm setting here thinking and i'm wondering if daelish knew i was talking about writing.
probably not.

Posted By: fiftytwo Jul 05, 2003 - 04:12 am

Eleika, not exactly, it's:

1a. A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts. b. The dramatic genre characterized by this treatment. 2. Behavior or occurrences having melodramatic characteristics.

Posted By: RongFo Jul 05, 2003 - 08:11 am

Mina watched as the guards marched her lover to the gallows.

Drama:
Mina bit her lip and held back her tears. She would have time to mourn him once she avenged his betrayal.

Melodrama:
Mina pounded the dirt with her fist as her tears puddled beneath her. "Noooooo! Curse you; curse you all!" She would have vengeance, and all the universe would tremble at her feet.

Posted By: Eleika Jul 05, 2003 - 10:22 am

jcbn - Just try to tone down their actions. If you think they're being melodramatic, just take whatever they're doing and make it less. Using RF's example, don't have the theoretical "Mina" claw the ground and scream and wish vengeance upon the world. Have her quietly mourn and watch in horrified fascination. Let the image of her lover's blue and bulging face (post-hanging) slowly build in her a cold hate that gives her a strength to accomplish whatever she must, and that could still be something big, like vengeance.