“Remarkably Bright Creatures” (post 3) by Shelby Van Pelt: Hearing a nagging VOICE rather than having a nagging THOUGHT in the back of his brain

Cameron is offered appetizing food. “Fine,” Cameron agrees, mostly to end the conversation, but also to appease the nagging voice in the back of his brain reminding him he’s in no position to turn down free meals” (1, p. 116).

Comment: Why would an author describe a character as hearing a “nagging voice” rather than simply having a nagging thought?

Search “voices” in this blog for discussions of hearing voices in multiple personality, and the probability that many successful novelists have multiple personality trait, a normal, creative asset in writing fiction.

1. Shelby Van Pelt. Remarkably Bright Creatures. New York, ecco/HarperCollins, 2022.