Character Voices - The Enneagram Connection

In designing character voices it is particularly valuable to consider their default defensive reflex. A professor or scientist will speak very differently from someone who dropped out of high school and depending on the character's self-consciousness around his level of education this may also influence how he tries to speak. Other factors in creating your character's voices are more practical. How old is this character? A five-year-old will obviously have an entirely different vocabulary cadence and conversational style than well a high school or a retiree.