Why screenwriters have good blogs
I’ve been reading the blogs of various screenwriters lately, primarily John August, and David Anaxagoras and it’s becoming really clear why they’re just so plain interesting to read: they have a voice. Maybe it’s just them, but there’s something about witty geekish humor that just draws me in. I swear I can hear their voices when I read. (Not that I really hear their voices or even that I have the faintest idea what they sound like, but their character comes through) No matter what they write, it turns out funny and generally fun to read…even if it doesn’t sound like a fun topic at all. Don’t believe me? Try reading John August’s post on BunnySlipperz.
So why are they so good at this witty humor with a voice thing? One theory: every once in a while they have a very short sentence. Seriously.
Sometimes, it’s its own paragraph.
This makes me wish I had a voice in my writing, and was altogether a lot more interesting to read. People have told me that on AIM I sound the way I talk — they can hear my voice in the words I type. I took that as a great compliment. Somehow, that translates rather poorly to blogging. Why? Well, I’m not exactly the most eloquent of people in real life…maybe that’s why I sound unique on AIM. I have a rather suspicious vocabulary, populated with random sounds (erm, durrrr, ugh, pfffft), Canadian spelling (colour), and blatant misuse of words from foreign languages (ano). Somehow, that just doesn’t work in sentence form.