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In my WIPs, I have way more queer characters than I had anticipated. In my first WIP, the main character is intersex identifying as...
Feb 17, 2024
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I think it's nice to keep in mind, particularly if your story incorporates real life folk lore or mythology, as certain names could give...
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Imagine being called Johnny Orcslayer and then being captured and interrogated by orcs... so embarrassing. I think very carefully about...
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There's real life and then there's story. In the one, we're dealing with human behavior, which ranges somewhere between cultural...
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I would describe that piece of advice as oversimplified to the point of being misleading. To me, names should reflect the setting you...
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That's true in real life, but my point was that when you create your story and its setting you have an opportunity to add depth by...
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Yes Yes, that is exactly what I mean. Since every single name has a meaning, it doesn't really make sense to compare fantasy...
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All names have a meaning to them… difference is in fantasy, what the OP is asking is should the name be intrinsically linked to their...
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Yeah, I'm aware of that and want to even use Hebrew names in one region of my world. In real life, this happens because, as you say...
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I’ve never heard of it as writing ‘advice’ but it does make sense, although I’m not sure that it needs to be fastidiously followed as a...
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By now, I've seen this piece of advice quite a few times: Give your characters subtle trait-defining names, i.e give them names with a...
Jan 31, 2024
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