Character Library // Give Them a Life
Voice & Dialogue
How they sound when it matters.
Rhythm, vocabulary, and the things they refuse to name.
Starter ideas
- 01Answers every personal question with a question about the weather.
- 02Says 'with respect' right before saying something with absolutely none.
- 03Never says goodbye; just 'right then', and leaves.
- 04Instead of 'I love you', they say 'text me when you get home'.
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Speaking styles
- Formal vs Casual growing
- Blunt growing
- Quiet growing
- Verbose growing
- Sarcastic growing
- Funny growing
- Precise growing
- Flirtatious growing
- Defensive growing
- Diplomatic growing
- Awkward growing
- Poetic growing
Collections
- What they say when angry growing
- What they say instead of “I love you” growing
- How they sound when lying growing
- Words they overuse growing
- Things they refuse to say growing