Characters are complex fictional beings with different physical attributes, backstories, and emotional wounds, but one of the most overlooked ways to distinguish them is by character voice. Writers can get creative with how they present their characters and give them lifelike voices that will entertain readers. There are seven specific ways writers can show character voice, which include giving characters' accents, slang or jargon, diction or word choice, tone or volume, phra

Character dialogue is one of the six essential story elements that isn't always needed but can really enhance a story when included in a short story or novel. Dialogue is more than just chit-chat or verbal communication, but it allows readers to know more about characters' fears, desires, inner worlds, motivations, and personalities within a fictional story aside from what role they play, what they do, or what physically look like on the surface. Most writers refer to charact

Voice is one of the most distinctive features within fiction and from authors' different writing styles alone. There are certain literary devices that can allow authors and writers express and show characters' worldviews, distinguish multiple characters from one another, or create emotional atmospheres in their setting descriptions and environments that speaks to their readers. Previously, I discussed literary devices for adding style and adding color. Below are a few lite