How many different types of voices do humans have?

Question

I am trying to write details about characters but I don't know how to describe the voice of characters.

Is there a list of different types of voices?

Is there a link that can tell me the different voices to easily describe in writing?

Answer 1

uh, no. it has to do with the author, how he like makes a character talks and all.

Answer 2

I write all the time and when describing a character, I hear their voice in my head. I do their dialog.
Sometimes I write a basic character study on the individual, almost the same a profiler does for a serial killer.Sometimes I sketch the person, other times I find the eyes in one magazine the nose in another and so forth. I try to imagine this one coming to life.

For example, I'm currently working on a character who is a young girl, about six, maybe as old as seven. I start to see her. I watch how she talks, thinks and acts.
I listen to kids while I'm act the mall, I make notes. Some little kids when they talk, have this little whine to their voice when they are tired, some have it all the time. Luanne has it and flinches her shoulder when she wants extra attention from her mother.Her voice is small, elf-like, a slight whine but with the softness of a cat's tongue, it is almost a whisper.

Is this the types that you are talking about.
You just need comparisions there are no set types that I know, nothing written in stone.
You listen, then compare with similar sounds, then write.

I was taught to find an actress or actor like I liked, then describe this person to someone who is blind...Make them come alive through words. This is what I do.

I hope this helps.

Answer 3

basically, just draw from the people you've heard talking. listen to them and you might get hit with "oh, that's how I want so-and-so to sound" It's easier to describe the voice of someone you know than a character you are writing. So, perchance if you wanted to describe a smoker, instead of saying they sounded like they smoked, say, "he/she, had a cigarette stained tone." something to that effect. best of luck.