Writing Drama

Creating a novel that will captivate our audience takes imagination and drama. Whether we are writing science fiction, romance fiction or suspense fiction; giving our novel some drama can make for more enjoyable reading. Popular books have conflicts that create drama. A conflict is having two or more forces in opposition.  When we create a conflict that is enticing, our readers will want to keep reading our novel.
Consider great literature from the past and you can see how creating drama in our novel is vital. Scarlet Pimpernel is a great example of intrigue using conflict. Sir Percy and Marguerite, Marguerite and Chauvelin and those in conflict with the Scarlet Pimpernel. All of the twists and turns make for very exciting reading.
As we read these novels and see the depth of conflict we have better drama. So creating drama in our novels is important and is not to be taken lightly. If we have developed good characters and put them in intriguing situations that fill our readers with anticipation they will definitely want to keep reading.
It would be a good idea to become familiar with the topic you are writing about so you can create believable drama. So take the time to do research. If you are writing about a particular building, take the time to go to it - that would be great, but if that is not possible, take the time to research things online or at your local library. Online you should be able to see pictures and the surrounding so you can capture your audiences imagination. They should be able to feel like they are in that space.
We may have a story line in mind that is interesting but to make it dramatic we need to engage your reader. Take time to think about how the character will react to a situation - maybe it will be completely different than most readers would suspect.  Or take the topic and delve deeper so that interesting becomes fascinating to our readers, this means adding details, details, and more details. We want to remember that if we are writing a suspense fiction our readers should be nail biting and sitting on the edge of their seats with anticipation. With romance fiction having our two love interests face a trial together or between each other gives depth. Have you ever noticed that love stories rarely involve a pair falling in love and living happily ever after?  This is a perfect opportunity for drama.  Another woman?!  How could he?  A past mistake, or indiscretion?  Maybe she forgot to mention that she hides a criminal past.  What drama will unfold?  Drama requires conflict.  And it is never too late in the book for more drama.  Perhaps you feel like the last chapter is the time for a happily ever after - but maybe the last chapter leaves more questions than answers.  This type of drama keeps readers coming back for more.
Adding forceful characters and giving them great conflicts gives better drama to our novels. Ultimately this will impel our readers to keep reading and hopefully develop a fan base that can not wait for our next novel to come out.  I think you have more than one work of fiction to work on now, let's get on with the drama!