Check-In – Day 29

[samuraiter]

I ... seem to have misplaced yesterday. *coughs* That is all right, as yesterday did not end up being a good day. That being said, what have you been doing?

— Thinking. Maybe a little, maybe a lot.
— Writing.
— Planning and / or researching.
— Editing.
— Sending things to the beta.
— Posting!
— Relaxing, taking a break, etc.
— Other stuff-ing. Look at the comment.

Question: How do you find a voice that works for you when you are writing a specific character?

Comments

[yvannairie]

I have just been... watching daydreams about a ship that isn't the one I'm writing and being mad about how one of the characters involved is so utterly unpopular. He's a character I've written and he's so much fun to write.

I'm actually currently struggling with finding a character voice for someone -- as a primary mode script writer, I tend to just talk to myself in that character's voice, try to catch the beats of the performance and then find words for them. It's not finding the voice that is usually the hard part because I've got an aural memory, it's the... other bit. The part where you need to put it into words.

So, I really have no idea ;__;) I'm dying here, stuck writing the same story for literally months now because he doesn't sound like himself.

[linaewen]

I'm relaxing and thinking about doing some writing. Or rather, I'm thinking about actually diving in and applying myself to getting some real words typed up, but then I wander off and do something else. So now that I've admitted the truth, I should probably go and write...

The main thing I decide when writing in a character's voice, is if they are the type of person who uses contractions when they speak, or are they not? Somehow this helps me figure out how to do a character voice accurately.

[lady_katana4544]

Currently a combo of writing and posting drabbles for the multifandomdrabble exchange alongside thinking while trying to figure out what to write for other fics.