"I will scream at the sky until we drink the oceans dry."
3. How do you come up with names, for characters (and for places if you're writing about fictional places)?
Well, to be perfectly fair, I tend to use names based on location. So, for example, when I was working with my Aion characters (all Elyos), I decided that I needed to use Greek/Latin sounding names. That meant time to look up nice Greek and Latin names that I liked, maybe recombine a few until they suited the character. But when I'm actually just making up fantastical names (for example, my 'Elven' names in my OYaaD universe), I have the habit of simply picking a sound I like and making noises around it until I find something I like, then typing it out.
Good example of this is Elrohir, from OYaaD. I liked the "Elro" sound, and I just played around with it until I decided I liked the "here" sound at the end. Then it was just a matter of figuring out how to spell it. I came up with Telperiën (the Elven home world) the same way. It was just a matter of figuring out sounds that went well with "peri." Kind of strange, but that's how I think.
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Well, to be perfectly fair, I tend to use names based on location. So, for example, when I was working with my Aion characters (all Elyos), I decided that I needed to use Greek/Latin sounding names. That meant time to look up nice Greek and Latin names that I liked, maybe recombine a few until they suited the character. But when I'm actually just making up fantastical names (for example, my 'Elven' names in my OYaaD universe), I have the habit of simply picking a sound I like and making noises around it until I find something I like, then typing it out.
Good example of this is Elrohir, from OYaaD. I liked the "Elro" sound, and I just played around with it until I decided I liked the "here" sound at the end. Then it was just a matter of figuring out how to spell it. I came up with Telperiën (the Elven home world) the same way. It was just a matter of figuring out sounds that went well with "peri." Kind of strange, but that's how I think.
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