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12-05-2001, 08:16 PM
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Okay, so I wouldn't really count on being part of history, but you can still lend me a hand. I'm getting back into novel writing after a five year hiatus, and I'm unhappy with my character names.
I'm looking for some brainstorming: female lead, from Ohio (like me!), indoorsy, has pets, analytical, character is in her thirties.
Male lead: also from Ohio (like me!), character in his thirties, active, outdoorsy, impulsive.
I tend away from exotic, "odd", or unique names, and really don't like traditional names with unusual spellings. I don't mind ethnic, and don't object to either of these characters being nonWASPs.
Anyone want to toss a name into the ring? Or better, a pair?
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12-05-2001, 11:08 PM
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I write down unusual names in my writing journals to spur ideas. For example, I saw the first name "Septimus" hanging on a lawyer's shingle in Antigua. Perhaps he was the seventh child.
Be careful not to use the unusual first and last names of real people unless you want to be sued.
For your man--"Gunther". Sounds rugged and outdoorsy to me. Like the late lion tamer.
For your woman--"Octavia". Very classic. Intellectual. Indoorsy. |
12-06-2001, 12:07 AM
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For your woman--"Octavia". Very classic. Intellectual. Indoorsy
| We clearly do not know the same Octavia. She's indoorsy alright and has pets (and kids), and VERY outspoken. Very witty as well. She's one of the brightest and funniest people I know. Love the name.
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12-06-2001, 12:20 AM
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When on long road trips, I often start thinking how multiple town names on roads signs would make great character names when put together. Heck of it is that at the moment I can't think of any examples. Anyway, alot of times you can put them in either order and they sound like great characters. It immediately makes you think something like, "rich guy", "southern belle", "gangsta rapper". Take a drive through Ohio, your characters may already be there. |
12-06-2001, 02:51 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by realtraveller
I write down unusual names in my writing journals to spur ideas. For example, I saw the first name "Septimus" hanging on a lawyer's shingle in Antigua. Perhaps he was the seventh child.
For your woman--"Octavia". Very classic. Intellectual. Indoorsy. | Amazing how these things happen. I once wrote a story wherein two main characters, brother and sister, were Septimus and Octavia. Then to see the two paired in your post.... |
12-07-2001, 12:16 AM
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When I'm writing case studies at work, I usually open up this site or this site and flip through their lists.
But then, I only have to live with those characters for five to eight pages, not a whole novel.
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