The Voices in Our Heads: Creating Characters in Fiction (2014 event)

The first sign that a book works is when the characters talk back
to their author, and books can represent our internal voices
unlike any other art form. A panel of award-winning novelists,
Nathan Filer, Edward Carey and Matthew Quick talk about their
relationships with their characters and their inner voices,
exploring how a writer hears and channels the creative voice that
drives a narrative or character. This event, which was recorded
live at the 2014 Edinburgh International Book Festival, was part
of our Conversations with Ourselves strand of events which
explored the medical, spiritual and literary aspects of hearing
voices.