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onegrapeshy

How Do You Name Your Characters?

Jul 07, 2009 09:48

--and how many names did they have? Did you change them as you were writing, or are you still searching for the perfect name? How do you choose them?

SAY THE WORD: Shawna was originally Jena Gallagher. Then I wanted a female derivative of a male name so she could be named after her father. I changed it to Erica (and made her father an Eric). She ( Read more... )

before/after, say the word, names, characters

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marirene74 July 7 2009, 15:16:50 UTC

Thanks for not making me the gf of the creep lol

onegrapeshy July 7 2009, 15:25:14 UTC

LOL, you're welcome!

lalam July 8 2009, 14:34:48 UTC

LOL! that was very informative! I always wondered how people named their characters. I find a name and I fall in love with it. Taryn will always be Taryn and Nola will always be Nola.

I really should go back to these characters!

onegrapeshy July 8 2009, 16:19:41 UTC

I seem to be 50/50. Either the name hits me off the bat and I keep it, or I start hating it and change it a thousand times.

I forgot to add that one of Martha's classmates, TYSHAWN, I got from grafitti on the side of a building. :)

d_michiko_f July 7 2009, 15:41:28 UTC

OH! That was fun and fascinating! Thanks for sharing! (I'm mailing your book to you to be signed for the contest winner today!)

onegrapeshy July 7 2009, 15:50:19 UTC

Great!!

melissawyatt July 7 2009, 17:46:24 UTC

Played along on my blog. Thanks for the fun avoidance of ironing!

onegrapeshy July 7 2009, 17:58:40 UTC

Oh, goody! Heading over...

beckylevine July 8 2009, 03:30:59 UTC

Names are very possibly the only thing the muse sends to me direct, one time, and completely intact as is. I will change a name if I HAVE to, but most names seem just so right for the character I'm writing about, I hate to. I'm struggling right now, because my MC's name IS her, but I don't know that I'll be able to reconcile it with naming traditions in her culture/heritage. Sigh.

onegrapeshy July 8 2009, 16:21:00 UTC

I think it's easier to stick with the original name, but I have to admit, I like changing them, too.

fuguemacabre July 8 2009, 20:15:55 UTC

Can't remember, no. But as soon as I finish this last @#^%$!*% chapter of Bone Dance, I'm going to clean out my file cabinet, and I bet I can find hard copies of the first chapters to come through. I'll let you know.

onegrapeshy July 9 2009, 04:35:34 UTC

Oooh yeah, let me know if you find it.

Last chapter??? YAY! :)