when you read a book, what type of voice do you use in your mind?

Question

if i am reading a book by a male author i will use a male voice and when characters changed in book, i change my voice. in my mind
what about you?

Answer 1

My mind always 'hears' all the authors' narrative parts in my own 'voice'.
...But possibly because I've got an acting/directing background in theatrics, the book's direct speech portions are 'heard' in what my mind imagines to be the specific male or female characters' voices !

Answer 2

I know what you mean. When I read a book a tend to try and fit the mind to how I think the person should sound. If the characters are suppose to have British accents or Scottish I try and get that in my mind. Southern accents or Boston. Maybe that isn't what you mean. But I read like that and I don't think I need to be on any kind of medication. I think it's what you call a good imagination. I like to get in the books. It is more enjoyable.

Answer 3

Interesting question. I always hear my own voice, regardless of the fictional character or, in nonfiction, the real person. There is one major exception, however, which leads me to a personal rule. The exception comes in fiction when I see the movie before reading the book. Then, when I read the book, I "hear" the voice of the actor (and, of course, "see" that actor, too). So, my personal rule is to almost never go to the movie before I read the book.

Answer 4

Actually when i read a book I envision it in my mind as a movie. All the characters have there own voices. Thats why i cant read when there is a lot of distractions around me. My mind cant fully dive in. I dream like that too, all my dreams are kinda like little movies.

Answer 5

That's funny. I tend to envision James Earl Jones reading the book as aI go along with it. It makes the book seem more profound.

Answer 6

Now I have to read a book to find out. I never thought about it.

Answer 7

That's what a child does when it first learns to read. I'm a 35 year old man, when I read I hear no specific "voices"...maybe you need medication...

Love,
Snag

Answer 8

I hear George Constanza.