naming your characters (1 Viewer)

[holden4ever89]

how do u guys doing short stories or even poetry - come up with the perfect character names to fit. I've been through heaps of them but nothing is fitting (mostly cos his name has to start with a certain letter)

so yer, let me now how you find your character names

cheers

 

[Tulipa]

You have to let the names find them. Don't make it too exotic or too conventional, so not Shanequa or John Doe. Somewhere in the middle.

By the way did you still want me to take a look at your poetry?

 

[princesskt]

i just pick names i like.. they dont nessacarily mean anything.. lol

 

[Hallatia]

I am having serious problems naming, I have not named a single character, I came up with the mean nickname thta gets given to my protagonist and that is it and whenever I work on MW I call him it, because I do not know what else to call him

 

[holden4ever89]

well, i have choosen two names that i like, though they probably will change knowing me and the best part is they are derivatives related to my main theme- stoked!

how does everyone else feel they are going quality/quantity wise?? i've got lots but its all over the place!

 

[glitterfairy]

Ahhh. Naming characters.

All those baby name sites come in real handy

 

[jhakka]

Or just use substitute names until you can think of something better. My main character was named Waldo until the week before it was due in.

 

[Erisus]

USe russian or eastern European names...those are f**king awsome

 

[jimmayyy]

i named my character Alphonse Pierre Bailey Luc-Carrere for several reasons

1. he represents post war america (more specifically, new york) - he is a mix of french, german, italian and irish, hence his name is a comical almagamation of the 4 biggest migrators to new york in the 50's (its set in the 70's, he was born in the 50's)

2. its a name people will look at and read over, it will stick in their minds

3. its fun to read - amazingly lyrical for a ame

4. he sounds fucking bad ass.

the hooker in my story doesnt have a name (my character calls her Lizard Woman), the hotel employee is called Katie cus its a mad basic plain name - wat the hotel employee represents

apart from that, theres no other actual characters apart from

- person in 19th century deep sea diver suit and fish bowl helmet
- bell boy
- maid
- eldery man in pork pie hat

all billed as such.

 

[princy]

Neither of my characters are named and I intend to keep it that way. It just works better without names and I find that if I try to name her or the narrator it will be too blatantly symbolic or ridiculous.