Remembering names

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It's interesting to see how you all flesh out characters - whether it's visual, behaviour beyond the book or how they'd speak, for instance.

I can't speak for anyone else on this, but I have always been led by the text when it comes to the way a character speaks. You should be able to discern between regional variances and idiomatic speech patterns through the way the character is written, especially if there are clues within the dialogue to indicate the level of education and other details. My interpretation of some characters differs greatly from their use in, for example, film. There is a limit to this, especially in casts which are greater than six or seven characters, as overlaps between dialect can 'merge' characters in my mind. I had a horrendous time trying to wade through Lord Of The Rings despite Tolkien's hard work which went into creating it. I can easily visualize most of the locations now, but I'm still not entirely sure I agree 100% with the film.