Everyone wants a screenwriter with a voice. So how do you find yours?
If you’re into screenwriting, then you’ve heard the phrase many times before—all great screenwriters have a “voice.” There’s a certain style in which they write that not only defines their stories but showcases to the world that they have something to say.
Well, you have a voice. And if you want to be a working screenwriter, you need to find ways to bring it out of you.
Today, I want to go over how you can develop this style on your own, translate it to the page, and hopefully begin to have a bit of a signature in your work that other people appreciate and want to hire you because it exists.
Let’s get started.
Learn How to Develop Your Voice as a Screenwriter
I remember being in Lyn Elliot’s screenwriting class at Penn State and learning the basics of storytelling. She told us it was not just the story that was important, but the way you told it. Every time I think about the idea of voice, I go back to that lesson.
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
