The phrase "a dramatic tale" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a story that is filled with intense emotions, conflict, or suspense.
Example: "The novel unfolds as a dramatic tale of love and betrayal set against the backdrop of war."
Alternatives: "an intense story" or "a gripping narrative."
He tells a dramatic tale of how he was summoned to Paris by his employer, James Gordon Bennett, Jr.
Now there is a move to give Mr. Clark credit for his role in a dramatic tale of survival.
That first effort, a dramatic tale of a lonely and suicidal young man alone in London,wasn't accepted, but the second one was.
Ten-year-old Aslan, among the most outgoing, told a dramatic tale when the talk turned to how the children had come to be in the camp.
In her column, Ms. Landro wrote: "I believe that The Seattle Times' portrayal of events, while it certainly made for a dramatic tale, is fundamentally false.
Chaplin's life is a dramatic tale, framed by abject poverty at one end and bittersweet exile at the other, that has long seemed irresistible to producers yet remarkably stage-resistant.
Rap can be used to tell a moving tale, a dramatic story; to inspire people, and to give people hope".
Bruce Weber described it in The New York Times as a "quiet, dramatic tale about an East German transvestite played by an unknown male actor speaking in heavily accented English and wearing a black dress and a string of pearls".
To the Rough Rider's heroic military actions at Kettle and San Juan hills in Cuba -- the defining event in his life and a stunningly dramatic tale -- she devotes all of three paragraphs.
When Paul Greengrass directs a thoroughly dramatic tale based on true events and Tom Hanks takes on the title role, you think you know what to expect.
And not so long ago the main landmark of Abu Dhabi, today a glittering Miami-scape of towers and boulevards set amidst lush parks, was a single scraggly acacia tree.Numbers tell an equally dramatic tale.
