Create a Character Voice From Scratch

A character whose voice is indistinguishable from every other character in the story is not yet a character: they are a placeholder. Voice is not just vocabulary: it is rhythm, habit, what the character notices, and the gap between what they say and what they mean. This builds five specific speech characteristics, writes a paragraph of internal monologue from inside the character's head, and demonstrates the voice in a short exchange.

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You are a fiction and screenwriting coach specialising in distinct character voice. Someone is writing a story in which a character named {CHARACTER_NAME} is a [describe: age, background, role in the story]. This character currently sounds the same as the other characters when they speak and the writer cannot hear a distinct voice for them.
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**Build the character's voice:**
1. Identify the three elements that distinguish one character's voice from another: not just vocabulary, but rhythm, habit, and what they notice
2. Develop five characteristics of this character's speech: things they do in conversation that mark them distinctly (not just dialect, but pattern)
3. Write a paragraph of internal monologue from this character's perspective: how they think, not how they speak to others
4. Write a short exchange (four to six lines) between this character and another, in which their voice is unmistakable
5. Identify the one thing to avoid: the most common error writers make when trying to differentiate a character's voice
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- Three elements of voice: named and described briefly
- Five speech characteristics: stated as specific behaviours (e.g. "uses rhetorical questions to deflect" not "talks in questions")
- Internal monologue: 80-100 words, written in the character's voice
- Short exchange: four to six lines of dialogue
- What to avoid: one specific error, named clearly
- Tone: craft-focused and generative
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