The Writer’s “Voice” is often a euphemism for multiple personality, but so is the “inner voice” discussed in books for the general public

Yesterday’s post on Freud’s “voice” of reason should have mentioned the post of May 4, 2014: Please search “writer’s voice” in this blog to find the post on Finding Your Writer’s Voice: A Guide to Creative Fiction by Thaisa Frank and Dorothy Wall (New York, St. Martin’s Press, 1994).

However, consistent with my contention that normal multiple personality is present in 90% of novelists, but also 30% of the general public: If you look up books for the general public with “inner voice” in the title, you will find many books listed.

Now, the critical distinction regarding inner voice is whether the person has a subjective sense 1) that the one and only self is talking to itself, or 2) that the regular self hears the voice of, or is conscious of the thoughts of, another self with a mind of its own.

Having more than one self with a mind of its own is the essence of multiple personality. And people with multiple personality sometimes hear the voices of, or are conscious of the thoughts of, their alternate personalities.