I finally realized my main characters were all the same person

I was reading back through my last 14 short stories from the past two years and noticed every single protagonist had the same dry humor and fear of commitment. It hit me while I was at a writer's group meeting in Portland when someone pointed out my detective and my fantasy baker both used the exact same catchphrase. Has anyone else had that moment where you see your own voice copying itself on every page?

1 comments

1 Comment

leep334d ago

Man that's such a brutal realization but it happens to almost everyone at some point... once you see it you can't unsee it either. I think the real trick is writing someone completely opposite on purpose just to shake things up.