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Creative Writing Exercises – Character Voice
By Deb Gallardo
Most of the time on this blog I focus on the writing micro-niche of story ideas. Other days I write about creative writing exercises that help cure writer’s block or that inspire creativity. Today’s post is only a slight departure from that. From Suite101.com are writing exercises that help us to create a unique voice for our viewpoint characters.
“When using a first person or limited third-person point of view, the narration in fiction is limited to what that character knows or sees. But the narrative itself is in the viewpoint character’s own voice – his tone, his word choices, his attitude.
- Freewrite the internal thought of your viewpoint character. What does he or she think about when…
- Create a dialogue situation with a quiet friend, one who nods and unh-huhs instead of speaking a lot. Have your viewpoint character discuss…
- Send your viewpoint character to the mall with a quiet friend. Let him or her describe…
- Coop your character up in a room alone: a bedroom, a conference room, a doctor’s exam room. Is he or she …”
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