I'm more concerned with getting them to find and strengthen their original voice as writers rather than imposing my own subjective tastes, judgements or sensibility on the project.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I feel it's very important to let individual writers' voices come through. But the character has to be consistent.
I hear so many writers say - and these are writers that I trust completely - 'I just started hearing a voice', or, 'The characters came to life'. I am filled with loathing for my own characters when I hear that because they do nothing of the sort. Left to their own devices, they do nothing but drink coffee and complain about their lives.
When you write for a show that's not yours, your job is to hear the voices of the characters and write as best you can for those voices.
It's a dead give away of an inexperienced writer if every character speaks with the same voice.
All writers are mimics, and I'm not interested in picking up somebody else's style or voice.
There is always a reverence issue, and I'm no different from any audience member that if someone's adapting a book or comic that I like, I really don't want them to screw it up.
Many people think voice over artists just read, there's much more to it. Without acting beats, scene study and improving skills, you won't make it.
The amazing thing now is that most of those so-called critics who were telling me to find my own voice seem to have lost theirs.
I think original voices get noticed. But most importantly, I think you should have a story to tell.
Writers have to be observant. Every nuance, every inflection in a voice, the quality of air, even - they all get mixed up in this soup of the story developing in our minds.