Develop Distinct Voices
This exercise builds one of the most valuable skills in fiction: the ability to write characters who sound genuinely different from each other.
Pay attention to more than what each character says. Notice their rhythm, vocabulary, the things they repeat.
Give Them the Floor
A character type appears on screen: a bitter ex-spouse, a nervous job candidate, a conspiracy theorist. Your task: write a monologue in that character's voice.
Let them talk. Don't describe what they'd say—write the actual words coming out of their mouth.
When you finish one monologue, another character type appears.
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