The voice is always the starting place for me with a character.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
To me the voice has always been the way to start any character. Once I find that, I'm good to go.
Voices have always been my way into a character. I usually approach the voice first.
My preferred style is to write in first person, so I always have to play around with possible narrator voices until I find something that works.
I'm much more comfortable speaking through my characters' voices than my own.
It's usually easier for me to begin writing in a character's voice if that person is different from me in some significant way.
I can picture the character in my head, and the voice just comes out.
As I read, I start to form clear ideas of the characters and allow myself to be a proper conduit for this author's voice so that you will feel you have been on a seductive audio journey.
When I'm trying to find my way into a character, the voice and physicality are the first two things I do.
I almost always use first person voice in my novels. It has its limitations, but it gives a sense of immediacy that's hard to create with an anonymous, all-seeing narrator.
I don't get in there and create a character. It's more of a voice that I hear living inside the music.