![]() ![]() Vocabulary is the most obvious ingredient, as are expressions, idioms, and favorite curse words. ![]() Let’s talk about what creates a voice, then look at published samples of distinctive voices, then, finally, go through some simple exercises that will help us create these individual voices in our own stories. I know that in my own first drafts, my characters all end up sounding like each other, which essentially means they sound like me. Your characters should sound like individual people. No matter if you’re writing in first person or third, it’s vital for our characters to have distinctive voices. You can learn more about Katrina in her bio box at the end of this post. Katrina is the author of four novels for adults-Traveling Light, Two Truths and a Lie, The Kindness of Strangers, and The Blessings of the Animals- and one novel for tweens, Reasons to Be Happy. She has an MFA in Creative Writing and is an experienced teacher of creative writing as well as a manuscript consultant. Please welcome Katrina Kittle to Writer Unboxed as a regular contributor. ![]()
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