When you read something to yourself, do you hear the voice of the person whose work you are reading while you read it?
Essentially, if I read something I wrote or I am reading something I have never heard the voice of the person whose work it is of, it will sort of be in my own "thought-voice." That is, if some of you have heard me speak for a decent length of time, you may think I have a somewhat deep, slightly monotonous voice (at least that is what I have heard myself sounding like while recorded). But when I think to myself, my voice is actually a lot higher-pitched and not even remotely monotonous. I somewhat sound like a public speaker in my own head, if that makes sense.
But if I read something that someone else wrote, my thought-voice can essentially become their voice. For example, if I read Mitchell's comment it will be in his voice, Thomas' in his, Karisa's in hers, etc. It can actually be kind of funny if the person whose work I am reading has an awkward dialect.
Then I can have "generic" thought voices. If I read a fiction book, per se, and there is "voice" - i.e. someone talking - I will assign random thought-voices based on their age, disposition, and gender. If there are two people with the same qualities, I may slightly adjust the tone of one of them.
Do you have a thought-voice? Can you hear the voice of the person you are reading?
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