Do your characters talk to you?

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Do your characters talk to you?

  • Yes, I wish they'd shut up sometimes. 44%
  • No. I'm the writer; I make them talk. 18%
  • No, but I wish they did. 16%
  • Occasionally. 23%

Total votes: 515

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Spyndlethread
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Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:01 pm
Spyndlethread says... · Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:01 pm
originalhobbit wrote: When my creativity is flowing they don't talk to me at all, they just sort of tell my pencil or pen where to go. I know it sounds cheesy, but it's the only way I can describe it.


I find this to be generally true as well.
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Demoness
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Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:25 pm
Demoness says... · Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:25 pm
Yeeh. They talk.. but usually not to me, they talk to each other inside of me or one of them takes over my body when I'm walking home from the bus and they talk through me and act through me... It's good way of getting new idea's and getting to know your characters really :D
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Mon Aug 01, 2011 2:59 am
carbonCore says... · Mon Aug 01, 2011 2:59 am
Couldn't have there been a simple "No" option with no strings attached? I neither wish my characters spoke to me, nor do I force them to talk. I just write.
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MadameLuxestrange
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Mon Aug 01, 2011 3:10 am
MadameLuxestrange says... · Mon Aug 01, 2011 3:10 am
So if we hear their voices in our heads, does that mean that we're mental? Just curious...
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Dreamwalker
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Mon Aug 01, 2011 3:21 am
Dreamwalker says... · Mon Aug 01, 2011 3:21 am
Personally speaking, when I write, my characters talk. I suppose it wouldn't necessarily mean they are talking to me specifically, but their voices are as true to me as my own.

So I suppose I would have to say yes.
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abbie651382
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Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:21 am
abbie651382 says... · Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:21 am
My characters always talk, telling me what to write down about their story :D
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Demeter
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Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:26 am
Demeter says... · Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:26 am
carbonCore wrote:Couldn't have there been a simple "No" option with no strings attached? I neither wish my characters spoke to me, nor do I force them to talk. I just write.


The "No" option here wasn't mean to have any strings attached, I just wished to emphasise that it's the writer who gets them to talk (=writes). Sorry if I phrased it weirdly :)
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ElementalBlood
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Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:08 pm
ElementalBlood says... · Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:08 pm
Mine will never shut up. Sometimes they'll yell at me for not paying attention to them or they'll argue amongst themselves. They also like making commentary on everything I watch (TV and musical wise). Generally, while one's screaming their lungs out at me for being an idiot, another's in the corner, reading a book and ignoring everything. Though when they die in the stories, they retreat into a little room titled "Morgue." Weird sounds come out of that room >.<
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Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:21 pm
paperbackheart says... · Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:21 pm
They don't speak to me, not verbally. I write to them though and they write to me, if you get it. I have a whole journal of conversations with them all. Sometimes I talk to them out loud, but mostly we write to each other because they don't like my voice. -_-
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Cyb3rBlade
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Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:41 pm
Cyb3rBlade says... · Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:41 pm
They don't like the sound of your voice? Wow. I feel bad for you. :smt104
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aj14
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Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:32 pm
aj14 says... · Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:32 pm
This is an awesome poll!
I answered as sometimes.
The poll is a really good idea. i kind of think that everyone's characters should talk to them. It makes your story fall in place. Brilliant idea! Keep up the polls!
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Vasticity
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Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:47 am
Vasticity says... · Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:47 am
my characters are like imaginary friends. they're all there and we have conversations all the time. and no, I'm not joking about this
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DakotaK
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Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:12 pm
DakotaK says... · Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:12 pm
Yes... curious indeed. My sister has heard me talking in my sleep about my characters,lol.
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LadyFreeWill
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Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:10 pm
LadyFreeWill says... · Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:10 pm
I like to pretend that it's my characters I'm talking to, but the truth is, I'm just ranting out loud.
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Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:08 pm
Ladyofthedeathroses says... · Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:08 pm
My characters are always talking and they tend to randomly give me ideas about stories I should do changes I could make that would work relationship advice on and on and on. They also talk to each other and surprisingly get along(well most of them). As for being mental I think we all are isn't that why we're great writers?
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