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Writer's Voice: Scent, Soul, Core

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All good writing has a distinct voice. Why read one blogger or columnist over another? It comes down to that writer’s original voice. Your voice, simply put, is you: it’s your scent, your soul, the abstract elixir of your core. It’s the way you describe the action, your style and word choice, the pulse of the page, it’s rhythm. It’s also the decisions you make to grab the reader’s attention, to connect with the audience. It’s the execution of the original dance you have with the reader as you lead him or her to become an active participant in the story. Your voice is…

Five Plot Point Breakdowns

Up in the Air (2009)

Screenplay Five Plot Point Breakdowns
Screenplay Genre: Drama / Romance Movie Time: 109 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) travels 275 days a year on business. His life is perfectly in order until his boss, Craig Gregory (Jason Bateman), calls and asks him to return home to Omaha at the end of the week for an undisclosed "game changer." (00:10:40)

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