Which voice do you hear inside your head when reading silently-- yours, the...

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Jei

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...character's, or the author's?
I am trying to imagine reading and not
hearing voices inside my head. I find
it impossible. How does one do that!?
(Thanks for my next question!)
 
When I read dialogue it's in the voice of whichever character happens to be speaking. Sometimes those voices are really similar though, since it's difficult to imagine such a large variety of voices.

Usually I read the rest of the novel in the voice of the main character, even if it's being told in third person.
I'm not really sure why, but it seems to add to the effect intended by the author(s).
 
I usually hear the different characters.
Even with different books, though, most of the main characters sound the same to me. Some of them have a comepletely different kind of main-character-personality and sometimes that changes their voice in my head... but yeah. XD

This was weird to anwer. I feel like a crazy person now.
 
I think I hear a combination of all three when I read. It depends on what I am reading.
For example if I am reading the dialogue then I am hearing the character's, and if I am reading the descriptive parts I hear the author's and my own voice, sort of combining into one.
Interesting question! *stars*
 
I imagine it how it's described, and if I can't place it exactly, I pair a voice that I've heard before to it.

If it's someone describing the view or the prologue, it's the author.

Other than that, like nonfiction books, it's my voice.
 
A combination of mine and the characters. I don't hear the author because for me, the author doesn't/shouldn't exist when I'm reading. They present the story, but after that their job is done. The story is mine to read, and the character's to present it to me.
 
Mine and the character. When I read Harry Potter, Narnia or the Brother's Grimm I like to force myself to think a British accent when there's any dialog. Or in case where I've seen the movie, I can clearly hear the actors talking when I re-read the book (though they still look as I first imagined them--not like the actors). But if there's no one to base the voice off, then it's just my voice in my mind.
 
I never actually think about that i fly through books so fast!... I dont think i change how i talk in my mind per character though
 
When I read the twilight series after the movie I read it in Bella's voice from the movie, same for all the voices of everyone else.
 
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