Writer’s Craft: VILE VOICES: DESCRIBING HOW THE KILLER SPEAKS by Rayne Hall
Villains should scare the reader. In movies, an actor uses vocal inflections to chill viewers. Can writers use this technique? Rayne Hall offers a few tips.
When a dangerous or evil person talks, make their dialogue short and to the point. The tighter their speech, the more intelligent and threatening it becomes. Wordy waffling would dilute the effect.
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