tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413452967913066120.post4721774329474423759..comments2023-03-29T06:32:29.765-04:00Comments on Thea Landen: The Name Game, Part 4Thea Landenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835512996045807921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413452967913066120.post-50748987292131252522016-05-22T14:17:23.894-04:002016-05-22T14:17:23.894-04:00I have a hard time with names. A realllly hard tim...I have a hard time with names. A realllly hard time with names. Sometimes my main players are fine, otherwise I change a main character's name 3/4 of the way through the first draft. With a short story, it matters a little less. With a novel, it's a bit more unwieldy (though "find and replace" is magical, and works far better than it used to).<br /><br />It's hard to find the balance between a list of names and people being "he" and "she", so I thin k I'm more than happy to adopt your awkwardness rule of thumb.Jennifer R. Donohuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413452967913066120.post-58777995859886137702016-05-18T01:59:25.630-04:002016-05-18T01:59:25.630-04:00Yay edits for Orbit!! And more Yays for a complete...Yay edits for Orbit!! And more Yays for a completed first chapter!! ^_^<br /><br />"Avoid being awkward" is most definitely a great rule of thumb! ^_^ In the current project, I had to name a minor character that showed up only twice, because her role was significant enough to be mentioned several more times in the story and constantly referring to her as "miss thirty something" just wasn't going to work. Lol! <br />krystal janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115542477066959046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413452967913066120.post-70119009728027960642016-05-18T00:43:54.224-04:002016-05-18T00:43:54.224-04:00A lot of my characters seem to come with names, bu...A lot of my characters seem to come with names, but yeah, the middle sort-of minor characters are the trickiest to name. They don't come with names a lot of the time, but I've finally squelched the impulse to name every single character.Michelle Athyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01143019809716476693noreply@blogger.com