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It depends on what sort of speech you tend to write. Personally, I would approach this like method acting. Write the character's script, make a sandwich, turn on a voice recorder, then read the scr...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T09:53:25Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Ian MacDonald
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2019-12-08T09:53:25Z (almost 5 years ago)
It depends on what sort of speech you tend to write. Personally, I would approach this like method acting. Write the character's script, make a sandwich, turn on a voice recorder, then read the script with your mouth full. When listening to the playback, write down what you hear. If it is meant to be unintelligible, don't try to shoehorn your original script in there to make words guessable. Have the narrator indicate why there is confusion and (probably) have the other characters ask for clarification (depending on the power dynamic of the group). > I walked up to her and she greeted me with a "ghffuh mmnet". "What?" came my reflexive response. After she swallowed the bite of what looked to be a deliciously ripe tomato, she clarified herself: "'Just a minute', I said."
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-10-02T13:45:35Z (about 6 years ago)
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