| Only Charlie Kaufmann can write Charlie Kaufmann movies. Only Woody Allen can write Woody Allen movies. And only you can write your movies. In screenwriting, a unique voice is prerequisite, and all imitations fall flat. But finding your voice can be difficult, and many writers struggle to define a perspective that differentiates them from the writers they admire. |  |
They see a movie that they enjoy and they decide they are going to write something similar.
In doing so, they unwittingly abandon their voice in favor of someone else’s. The resulting script, no matter how technically proficient, lacks heart, character, that ‘certain something.’
Writers assume that just by writing, they are writing in ‘their voice,’ but without making deliberate decisions about what kind of writer they are, they fail to execute their world view to its fullest potential.
The question is, how can you articulate your unique voice in your writing? Keep reading.
In doing so, they unwittingly abandon their voice in favor of someone else’s. The resulting script, no matter how technically proficient, lacks heart, character, that ‘certain something.’
Writers assume that just by writing, they are writing in ‘their voice,’ but without making deliberate decisions about what kind of writer they are, they fail to execute their world view to its fullest potential.
The question is, how can you articulate your unique voice in your writing? Keep reading.
