naming characters

  • Wednesday Works: What’s in a Name?

    This is a game I’ve started playing with myself to get story ideas while I drive in the car. Using license plate letters, I come up with characters. Urr is a caveman in the Neolithic times, one of the first to find fire. Yeedle is a Jewish teen, growing up in the 1980’s during the

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  • There are several schools of thought on naming characters. Some say to name your characters names that are common every day names. Others say to name them special names that will stick in your readers’ heads. Still others tell you to always use name books and find the exact meaning of each of your characters

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