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HOW TO WRITE CHARACTERS WHO DON’T SOUND LIKE YOU

By: Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy

Good characters step off the page and into readers' hearts, but that doesn't happen if all the characters sound the same. Too-similar voices can make it hard to tell characters apart and they wind up blending together into one big character mush. (And really, who likes mush?)

It can be even more challenging when all the characters sound like you. You've worked hard to develop your author's voice, but now it's getting in the way and keeping those characters from finding their voices.

Let's look at some ways to develop a unique voice for every character.

5 Ways to Develop Character Voices

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