J Young-Ju Harris has published an interesting blog post about how to name your characters. I think this comes in handy at times. Thank you for this article!
Naming characters is an important part of character creation. It determines how your characters will be known moving forward. Some people find this aspect of the character creation phase to be very easy or mostly intuitive. For those of you who don’t, here are some of my suggestions on how to go about coming up with names for your story’s cast.
1.) Differentiate Your Names
My cardinal rule for naming characters is making sure that none of the names look similar on the page. Having characters with names that appear similar can either cause the reader to slow down to make sure they know who is taking action, or, worse, it can cause the reader to become confused and lose the thread of what’s going on.
I actually think that J.R.R. Tolkien made this mistake when he named his villains Sauron and Saruman. If you’re reading quickly, the two names…
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Great tips, Aurora. Thanks for sharing!
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You’re welcome. I too think this is a very useful post.
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Great tips, I’ve always strove for different names with my characters. Especially if I know they will meet other characters from different books down the road.
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Great tips. I get so desperate naming c h a racers that I use family and friends names which can cause trouble at times lol.
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