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There's a common flaw that I can easily detect in amateur writing, (and of course my own) which essentially boils down to all the characters "sounding the same", dialogue-wise anyway. Trying to ove...
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System
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2019-12-08T01:34:29Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Gabriel Goh
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2019-12-08T01:34:29Z (almost 5 years ago)
There's a common flaw that I can easily detect in amateur writing, (and of course my own) which essentially boils down to all the characters "sounding the same", dialogue-wise anyway. Trying to overcome this problem, however, I find myself going to opposite end of the spectrum, overcompensating, adding so much accent/slang it gets annoying. ("i fancy me some cider, what ya'll say we pounce on over to the ol' waterin' hole", etc). How do you give each character his/her own unique voice without making it sound forced?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2011-05-04T21:07:59Z (over 13 years ago)
Original score: 12