Kas,
I see what you mean.
I think it’s almost a default setting to reflect our own perspectives onto our characters in their situations.
Over time I have begun to feel like a lack of diversity in portrayal of my own characters, due to this very issue.
Has anyone else struggled with this?
Getting in to a characters head with different sounding voices can be a challenge.
Thank you, Kas, for sharing this info.
Claire Taylor’s (FFS Media) on Enneagrams sounds like a valuable tool for achieving organically authentic tones in unique voices when creating characters.
I am going to look her up now.
Does anyone else have tools they like to use for variety in the voices of their characters?
(Sometimes when reading Stephen King, I’m sure, I hear Stephen talking in place of a character. He can be brash, raw, and quirky when speaking, plus his favorite phrases pop up. It’s hard to miss the Master-of-horror’s own meter of speech where ever it may appear. Always makes me smile. Still, it does pull me from the emersion in the character. Anyone else catch those rare moments in their favorite authors reading?)