I Love A Character Raised To Be A Weapon As Much As The Next Guy. But What Really Gets Me Is A Character

Girl stuck in stupidly large basement with a guy with anger management issues

Satsuten Fanbook Case 2

Case 2

The man who made himself into furniture – the human furniture artist

This is a short story from the Satsuriku no Tenshi Fanbook.

Written by Makoto Sanada, translated by me.

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Long time lurker, first time asker!

How do you keep different voices/characters in your fics so distinct? I'm writing my first longer than 2k word fic and it's... a time.

First, I'm going to link you the best essay I've ever read about How To Write Canon Character Voices—what's too much accent, what's too little, how to pay attention to word choice and the way they phrase things, etc. It's about Transformers but the skills are transferrable to other fandoms (or original writing). The original essay is down so all I can offer is the archive.org version, but it's worth it.

Second, I'm going to link you this post I wrote about how I study character voices. It's about Hazbin but it shows you the kinds of things I pay attention to when I'm learning a character voice.

Third, I'm going to offer you some extra general advice that isn't in the above posts:

Some people try to make characters sound like themselves by basically parroting their catch phrases or most common quotes. Do that and you're just gonna make your version of the character sound like a robot. (Note: if you're writing a character who only knows how to say a few quotes, that's okay lmao.) The readers already know what the characters said in canon, they're reading a fic to hear them say something new. Example: if you have Bill Cipher arrive on the scene and say "Did you miss me? Admit it, you missed me!" word-for-word, you don't sound like you're writing Bill, you sound like you're quoting Bill from That One Scene where He Said That Thing.

But... directly borrowing characters' quotes is kind of a stepping stone on the way toward figuring out how they speak. Think about things they've already said, but use those quotes as a guide for how to write them.

Example: from that quote above, we get that when Bill shows up around people who definitely did NOT miss him, he just... decides that they did and tells them so. This shows you a bit of his sense of humor (he makes jokes to annoy someone who hates him—it's not even a mean joke, just annoying), a bit of his ego (he knows he's clowning around, but even when he's clowning he's going to say something that makes himself sound popular rather than hated), his casual & familiar attitude with someone he barely knows, his tendency to just request people do what he wants (saying "admit it, you missed me" instead of something like "I know you missed me")... etc.

And I kinda already said this in the Hazbin post, but the most important thing you can do when you're struggling with a character voice is just rewatch their episodes and pay close attention to how they speak (or rewatch their movie scenes, or reread their chapters/comic issues—whatever you're writing about). If they're from a visual/audio medium (TV, movie, podcast, etc), then if need be, read transcripts to see how their voices look when written down. Type down the transcripts yourself if there aren't any—and that's also a good physical exercise to make you slow down and pay attention to how they speak. (You notice where they tend to pause in sentences when you're the one who has to decide where to put commas; you notice their accent when you're the one who has to decide whether that word sounds more like walking or walkin'.)

Pay attention to cadence, accent, interjections, sentence length, active voice, passive voice, preferred vocabulary, preferred slang, word choice, sentence length, sentence complexity, any phrases they're fond of (but again—don't overuse a phrase unless they overuse a phrase), how they tend to refer to the people around them (by first name, last name, any titles, any nicknames—and do they change in different contexts?)... Pay attention to anything you can think of. You want to be able to hear the character's voice clearly in your head—read everything you write in their voice, and if it doesn't sound like their voice in your head, change it.

Do you guys want to see something dumb I made at 1AM last night

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A lil Zack doodle

Satsuten Light Novels

Volume 1 (finished)

Prologue

B7

B6

B5

B4 (Part 1 / Part 2)

B3 (Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4)

Zack’s Memory

Also available on Bakatsuki, on Google Drive, and as a PDF.

Volume 2 (in progress)

Prologue

Chapter 1 - Sweet Guilt

Chapter 2 - Tragedy in Her Daydream

Chapter 3 - Zack’s Knife

Chapter 4 - The Witch Trial

Eddie’s Memory

Her Memory of Cathy

I made a comic out of a certain section of The Book of Bill! It's one of my favorite bits. It's just so VISCERAL and disturbing, and I really wanted to try capturing that. Anyways, hope y'all like it lmao

Help why did I immediately think Ray when I saw this-

(The full cover slapped tho)

Satsuriku no Tenshi NG World: Cafe

And the Cafe AU.

Rachel is a new cafe employee?!

In a certain city, there’s a cafe called aNGels of death. It has quite strange employees.

Rachel is a new recruit, having been brought in by Danny, the head waiter.

Will the “naive” Ray be able to properly perform her role at the cafe, working alongside the unique waitress and patisserie chef?

aNGels of death

A rookie employee brought in by Danny. Has some things she is inefficient at.

Ray’s senior waiter who was appointed to show Ray the ropes. Popular with customers.

The head waiter. He appears to do his work perfectly, but…

A pastry chef whose work is like artistry. Handles the entire menu on his own.

A senior waitress. Extremely efficient, but has some problems with money…!

The cafe’s manager. Settles problems among his troublesome staff.

Story

In a certain city, there’s a cafe called aNGels of death. It has quite strange employees.

Every Christmas, the cafe is decorated, and is quite popular with customers. The employees wait eagerly to hear what Gray’s plans are this year – but due to problems with the budget, he says there are none!? Whilst everyone is in shock, the newbie Rachel comes up with a proposal…?