Currently having trouble trying to describe a male character's voice for a story. Its not deep at all but not that light. Trying to avoid describing the character and making it sound like feminine.
How do you describe voices in your story?
I usually avoid direct adjectives in the topic of voices. It's definitely useful and paints a vivid image, but sometimes simply calling it "dark voice" or "deep voice" or "high-pitched" or "baritone" or "growl" or "gruff" gets boring. I know I've listed a lot of examples but let's be real, you're gonna get tired of it soon after writing it for so long.
Instead of going for boring adjectives, I write comparisons and analogies.
Say you have a soft voice, and a high-pitched one at that. Instead of simply writing THAT, I write: She had a voice that would shatter from a drop of a hammer.
And what if I want to write about a guy who's very convincing? I could simply write that he has a convincing tone, or I could write: He could sell you a brick and you'd buy it.
A guy with a deep tone? I could say: It was as if God gave him a cavern for a windpipe.
A guy with a squeaky voice? I'd write: Every word he uttered was like twinging a high note a badly tuned guitar.
It's more interesting for me as a writer, and probably interesting for readers too.