My assumption has been that the Drama category is intended for stories with strong A plots
Speaking as someone who thinks that most of her stories are dramas but who hates and avoids A plots like the plague, I've always disputed this. <g>
Here's the dictionary definition (from Chambers), leaving out the definitions pertinent to the stage: a series of absorbing, exciting, tense or tragic, etc events
I reckon a story can be all of those things without having a strong A plot. It's more likely that the story will have a balance of A and B plots. The tensions brought about by facing a difficult 'action' situation whilst also dealing with challenging relationship issues are what, IMO, makes a good drama. Overdone, of course, it slips into melodrama <g>.
Yvonne
