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I'm writing a story and it is really hard to avoid putting my own speech patterns into my stories. Especially for the mean and dark types. My character is a deceiving, mischievous leader. He plays ...
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I'm writing a story and it is really hard to avoid putting my own speech patterns into my stories. Especially for the mean and dark types. My character is a deceiving, mischievous leader. He plays poker a lot and cheats at games (or bends the rules). I always end up making the characters sound like me and before I know it, stray off the storyline I wanted it to be.