Show notes for Episode 96: Character Voice – Distinguishing Your Characters
How to Write Fiction: Why do people tell me all of my character’s sound the same and what can I do about it?
Ah… character voice. We’ve all been there. Maybe you’ve written a few stories and published or shared them. Or even the first draft of a novel. Either way you’ve got trusted writer friends telling you your characters “sound the same” or are missing a distinct “voice”.
What can you do?
In this episode Author and Fiction Teacher Holly Lisle and I (host, Rebecca Galardo) discuss Character Voice (not to be confused with your voice), what it is, what it is not and what you can do to work it into your work in a way that deepens and enriches the final product.
What does your characters’ dialogue say about them without them spelling it out? How can mixing it up create deeper, more interesting characters? What is specialized dialogue and why do we have to be so damn careful with it? How does being the weirdo eavesdropping on others help you out as a writer?
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MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE
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- FREE COURSE: Write Flash Fiction that Doesn’t SUCK (affiliate link, supports the podcast!)
- Create A Character Clinic (affiliate link, supports the podcast!)
- Write Dialogue With Subtext
- Find Your Writing Voice
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- LINKS
Credits: Producer – Rebecca Galardo. Sponsor – Holly’sWritingClasses.com. Intro written by Holly Lisle and performed by Mark Hermann. Our podcast is 100% free and sponsored only by Holly’s Writing Classes. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
Hey guys! What happened to the ‘family roundup chat of the week’? I want to know what is going on? Who got something done? Who didn’t? I missed that.
Aww, I’m so happy you’re interested in how we’re doing! Thank you 😀 The issue is with the scheduling. Occasionally due to appointments or other life circumstances we have to pre-record extra episodes. Those don’t always get our “What We Did This Week” segment. We’ve had a number of these in the past as well, but we try our hardest to make sure we keep accountable to ourselves, each other and you guys, sharing our good and bad weeks. I’ll make sure next week’s gets an update!