Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Character interiority & motivation · Working

Idiolect

Also called: personal dialect

ELI5

The distinctive speech habits and vocabulary of an individual character or speaker.

Used in conversation

“The idiolect should be visible in the examples, not just the overview.”

Pitch context

Use this when a deck or treatment needs to describe the people, world, tone or audience promise precisely.

Why it matters: Helps describe who the project follows, where it lives and what kind of experience it promises.

Caution

This usage is established in practice but is not fully standardised. A domain specialist should review it before release as canon.

Sources & evidence · 6

Direct term-level sources and supporting source families.