"The thing I do at the beginning is a "voice journal," a free form doc that is the character speaking to me. I just work on it until I start to hear different from my own, or the other characters."

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Source : Comment by James Scott Bell on "Five Key Ways to Create a Character’s Distinct Voice", killzoneblog.com. May 15, 2014.

James Scott Bell

#Character Quotes #Voice Quotes #Different Quotes

“Every writer's difficult journey is a movement from silence to speech. We must be intensely private and interior in order to find a voice and a vision - and we must bring our work to an outside world where the market, or public outrage, or even government censorship can destroy our voice.”

Source : Sara Paretsky (2007). “Writing in an Age of Silence”, Verso Books
“Adrian Peterson is redefining the way teams defend the running ability.”
“In Australia, they set up a special fund to kick films off. It was quite an enlightened sort of move. You could go to this government bureau with scripts and and get finance for films.”
“Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist.”
“Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar.”
“Don't throw yourself at someone because of who you think they are, throw yourself at someone because you know you're both in it for the memories.”
“As I understand life at different levels, I can use music to express what these levels feel like to me. Hopefully the listener can be transported to this understanding by listening to the music.”
“The self cannot be self without other selves.”

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