Do you read in voices?

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17 Feb 2018, 8:26 am

Oh yes, I do, alright. I even imagine characters to have specific types of voices and read their lines in those voices when I read books (which is a rare occurrence).

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17 Feb 2018, 1:45 pm

goldfish21 wrote:

When I'm reading anyone's FB posts, I read it in their voice in my head. I know most of their voices in real life, so it's automatic.

That happens occasionally only for me, especially for some reason when reading those of one of my aunts.

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For all the "regulars," who's posts I read here, my brain has assigned a "voice," to and I read many posts in the voice of each forum personality as if they're a book or movie character or something.

No, I don't read posts in voices at all.

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17 Feb 2018, 11:41 pm

I'm an auditory thinker but I don't hear other's voices when I read

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18 Feb 2018, 3:24 am

auntblabby wrote:

having been taught "speed reading" the first thing they teach you is to silence the inner voice, as it slows down word uptake. so my words that I read, for the most part, are silent. sometimes a whispery ghost machine voice slips in.

Good tip. Never heard that before. Just tried it for a moment. I think with practice I could read some things a lot quicker. Hmm, maybe there's something to this speed reading.. did you take a class or read a book about it? It might come in really handy.

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18 Feb 2018, 3:29 am

goldfish21 wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

it was a quickie minicourse in college. but it often reminded me of woody allen's observation about speed reading, "I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia."

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18 Feb 2018, 10:14 pm

Usually either silent or a machine like voice (in my head).

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18 Feb 2018, 10:32 pm

I only ‘hear’ voices when I’m writing. It’s like someone is dictating the story to me as I’m typing. I hear the characters’ voices in the dialogue sections.

If a character yawns, so will I.

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18 Feb 2018, 10:42 pm

^^^ that is very interesting. I wonder if the bulk of professional writers are the same way?

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19 Feb 2018, 10:13 am

auntblabby wrote:

^^^ that is very interesting. I wonder if the bulk of professional writers are the same way?

I vaguely recall this topic coming up on the Amazon authors discussion page. I don’t know if this method is very common, but I don’t remember thinking I was unusual.

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