Creative Writing Foundations: Develop Compelling Characters
Character's Voice
A course by Mark Boutros , Screenwriter and Author
About the video: Character's Voice
Overview
“Voice isn’t something you just attach to a character, it comes from them, and is informed by experience and worldview. We’ll take a look at what informs a character’s voice.”
In this video lesson Mark Boutros addresses the topic: Character's Voice, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Writing Foundations: Develop Compelling Characters. Learn how to imagine and bring to life memorable characters with their own unique stories to tell.
Partial transcription of the video
“Character's Voice Now, we're going to look at what makes up your character's voice. Character voice isn't only how your character sounds. It's how they present and project themselves into the world. It's informed by a lot of what we've already spoken about, fears, needs, goals. How I present myself is the result of things that have gone on in the past, and what I want from particular situations. It's made up of five key aspects: personality, background and experiences, culture, physical and outer appearance, and worldview. Let's take a look at those. When we think about personality, there a...”
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Course summary for: Creative Writing Foundations: Develop Compelling Characters
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Character Design, Creative Writing, Creativity, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
Mark Boutros
A course by Mark Boutros
Mark Boutros is an Emmy-nominated screenwriter and author based in London. Having grown up in a family of artists, he’s always been creative and was encouraged by his English teacher at school to pursue writing. He began his career working in television production, but his love of writing inspired him to study a master’s in creative writing at UEA. After graduating, he spent time sending out scripts, one of which was a comedy-drama that won him silver in the PAGE Awards.
Since then, Mark has won several more awards, received an International Emmy nomination, and written for some of the biggest channels in the UK, including The BBC and SkyOne. He is also the author of The Craft of Character as well as a fantasy novel series, and he hosts lectures on creative writing at universities and drama schools.
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