Character Names
Happy Friday the 13th.
Someone asked me how I come up with character names. Character names aren’t very important to me. I don’t spend a lot of time or thought on them for the most part. I merely use an online name generator until I like the name that pops up. My chief concern is that the name is pronounceable.
Someone asked me how I come up with character names. Character names aren’t very important to me. I don’t spend a lot of time or thought on them for the most part. I merely use an online name generator until I like the name that pops up. My chief concern is that the name is pronounceable.
Happy Friday the 13th.
Someone asked me how I come up with character names. Character names aren’t very important to me. I don’t spend a lot of time or thought on them for the most part. I merely use an online name generator until I like the name that pops up. My chief concern is that the name is pronounceable.
Many people want a name to reflect the character, or their backstory. Most of my characters have very little backstory because I enjoy discovering who the characters are through the story I’m telling. I will imply the backstory. My characters behavior in the story determines their backstory, not the other way around.
My current WIP, “The Singular Case of the Dead Cowboy”, is a Sherlock Holmes story. The principal characters already exist, have names, and histories. My antagonist already has a name and story. The names of my supporting characters were my primary concern.
I knew who these characters are before I wrote them. I knew who they needed to be. These are the characters that needed names. I don’t spend a lot of time on names, but in this case I wanted to hint at who they were–an inside joke, even if I’m the only one to get the joke. I spent a time doing research and came up with the following names:
I’m quite pleased.
As of 11/12, I am over 23K words.
Good luck! Keep writing!
Word up!
Someone asked me how I come up with character names. Character names aren’t very important to me. I don’t spend a lot of time or thought on them for the most part. I merely use an online name generator until I like the name that pops up. My chief concern is that the name is pronounceable.
Many people want a name to reflect the character, or their backstory. Most of my characters have very little backstory because I enjoy discovering who the characters are through the story I’m telling. I will imply the backstory. My characters behavior in the story determines their backstory, not the other way around.
My current WIP, “The Singular Case of the Dead Cowboy”, is a Sherlock Holmes story. The principal characters already exist, have names, and histories. My antagonist already has a name and story. The names of my supporting characters were my primary concern.
I knew who these characters are before I wrote them. I knew who they needed to be. These are the characters that needed names. I don’t spend a lot of time on names, but in this case I wanted to hint at who they were–an inside joke, even if I’m the only one to get the joke. I spent a time doing research and came up with the following names:
- Cynthia Sing
- Locastia Asketill
- Tessie Thropp
- The names work for the characters and are unique.
- The names sound “Victorian”.
- The names hold a clue, and are an inside joke.
I’m quite pleased.
As of 11/12, I am over 23K words.
Good luck! Keep writing!
Word up!