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Date: 27/06/2025
There’s a strange kind of joy in hearing your characters talk back to you. I mean it—really talk. Not in your polished outline or grammar-checked manuscript, but in those raw, sleepy moments when their voices slip through your thoughts like old friends at midnight.
Each one has a tone. A rhythm. Some stammer, some tease, some don’t waste a single word. You start noticing it when you read their lines out loud—when one sentence feels off, like it’s wearing someone else’s shoes. That’s the moment you know their voice hasn’t arrived yet.
So, tweak it. Break it. Rebuild it. Don’t be afraid to let them sound flawed, uncertain, bold, or wildly different from you. That’s when writing starts to feel like listening. That’s when the story breathes.
You’re not just writing dialogue. You’re tuning an orchestra. Let every voice find its pitch—and when it clicks, oh, you’ll know.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
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Email: rajatchandrasarmah@gmail.com
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