VOICING STRONG CHARACTERS

Subtle emotional shifts can help you fight against stereotypes in your portrayal of characters

BUILDING AUTHENTIC CHARACTERS

In crafting characters, there’s some cultural pressure for how we think certain people should sound. We expect people to sound a certain way: Women are breathy, men are gravelly, anyone over 65 sounds weak and shaky.

I don’t think it’s a conscious choice, but it is a changeable choice.

Once you recognize the stereotype in you…