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CHARACTER VOICE CONSISTENCY

By: Amber Skye Forbes

Keeping a character’s voice consistent throughout a book can be a challenge. There are a multitude of factors to maintaining a character’s voice. Keep in mind that as the character develops, the voice doesn’t change. A character’s voice at its core can best be described as a character’s personality.

Here are a few factors for you to consider:

• Social class
• Intelligence
• Background
• Extrovert or introvert
• Sense of humor or seriousness
• Long sentences or short, crisp ones
• Impulsive or logical
• How character views surroundings
• How character makes decisions
• What character observes first

And many, many more…

Let me use my character, Amelia Gareth from When Stars Die, to give you an example of voice consistency by answering some of the points above.

1. Social class: Amelia comes from the upper class in the 19^th century, so when she speaks or narrates, her exposition and dialogue are going to have a formality to them that someone from the lower class wouldn’t have.

2. Intelligence:

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