8 Steps to Nail a Character Voice (even for people totally unlike you)
BOOKFOX LAB. Get a mentor and join a community of writers: https://thejohnfox.com/bookfox-lab/ COURSES: Use my 10 courses in Bookfox Academy, with 230+ videos, to write your novel: https://thejohnfox.com/writing-courses/ EMAILS: Get emails about writing from me: https://thejohnfox.com/subscribe/ MY BOOK: Buy my book, "The Linchpin Writer": https://amzn.to/3U5ul14 Timeline 0:00 Intro 0:30 4 Common Mistakes 2:08 Generate Your Character’s Metaphors and Similes 3:17 Identify What they Never Say Directly 5:24 Active/Passive Divide 7:09 Find the Disfluencies 8:20 List What Your Character Says Most Often 9:58 Nail Your Character’s Syntax 11:48 Make Their Social Position Influence Their Speech 13:45 Adjusting for Time Periods
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