When you read things, do you read it in your mind with your own voice, or one that isn't yours?
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Rusty Alexander · 10-20-2007, 12:19 AM

When you read things, do you read it in your mind with your own voice, or one that isn't yours?

If I'm reading a narrative, I guess I hear my own voice, but somewhere way at the back of my head. But when characters are talking, they always have different voices. I don't know how not to do that, either.

dejavu · 10-20-2007, 12:22 AM

I have a narrator in the back of my head unless the characters are talking. They have their own voices, inflections, accents, etc.

**chezp** · 10-20-2007, 02:17 AM

Usually with different voices when characters are talking.

gwugirl03 · 10-20-2007, 02:34 AM

It is usually my own voice.

**revral** · 10-20-2007, 02:58 AM

If the characters are ones that I'm comfortable with and have come to know and love from a series of books ie. the Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich they have their own voices when talking and in the case of the Stephanie Plum books since they're written in the first person from Sthephanie's point of view Stephanie narrates. Otherwise it's a narrators voice.

lukeandbrookesmom · 10-20-2007, 08:07 AM

I give the characters voices.

klositis · 10-20-2007, 11:01 AM

I admit it: I HEAR VOICES!!!!!

lexiemom · 10-20-2007, 11:03 AM

The characters have different voices. If it's a book that was made into a movie and I've seen it, I tend to picture and hear the actors that played the characters.

sparks74 · 10-20-2007, 11:11 AM

I give each character their own distinct voice.

**Disney_Scarlett** · 10-20-2007, 05:13 PM

Wow - never really thought about it, but I guess different voices for different characters.

Luv4My4 · 10-20-2007, 07:08 PM

I never really thought about it either but now that you mention it I give the characters their own distinctive voices!

stonewall · 10-20-2007, 09:44 PM

What an interesting question!!! A biography or something similar comes through in my voice, but if it's along the lines of "Harry Potter", then the voice take over. Thanks for making me think!

tndisneyfam · 10-23-2007, 10:30 PM

I love this question! I never thought of it either. I too give the characters different voices.

starsclds · 10-24-2007, 07:38 AM

What a great question, really got me thinking. I guess it depends on what I'm reading. The boards, ususally in my own voice, but when I read books, I realize most of the time each character has his/her own voice. But then when I read text books...my voice, and sometimes, really boring stuff, has almost a monotone....interesting to think about. I wonder if there is somekind of psychology behind all this....

**Cam22** · 10-24-2007, 10:30 AM

I hear a variety of voices, almost like viewing it as a movie.

10-20-2007, 12:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
Rusty Alexander Community Rank: Wayfarer Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 148	When you read things, do you read it in your mind with your own voice, or one that isn't yours? When you read things, do you read it in your mind with your own voice, or one that isn't yours? If I'm reading a narrative, I guess I hear my own voice, but somewhere way at the back of my head. But when characters are talking, they always have different voices. I don't know how not to do that, either.

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