Xaysai
Inkling
I'm the worst ever namer of people, places and things.
How do you guys do it?
To me there is so much FINALITY about it. What if I write an 100k words and never like the names of my characters? I play a lot of MMO's and I'm the guy who spends 15 minutes at the character creation screen spamming the "Random Name" button : (
I find it difficult to choose names which sound real, relevant to the setting, and not influenced by other works. As I write, I just plug in fake names as placeholders while I try to settle in on something I like. Most of my writing looks like this:
Yeah, super classy names for a fantasy piece!
P.S. No offense meant to any Joe's or Bob's who frequent these forums.
How do you guys do it?
To me there is so much FINALITY about it. What if I write an 100k words and never like the names of my characters? I play a lot of MMO's and I'm the guy who spends 15 minutes at the character creation screen spamming the "Random Name" button : (
I find it difficult to choose names which sound real, relevant to the setting, and not influenced by other works. As I write, I just plug in fake names as placeholders while I try to settle in on something I like. Most of my writing looks like this:
The knuckles on Bob's right hand whitened as he squeezed the hilt of his sword. "Yes, Joe. My momma might be so fat she jumped into the air and got stuck, but one more word about my momma and I will cut out your tongue!"
Joe held Bob's gaze as he sized him up. He called his bluff. "Bob, yo momma so fat," but that's all he got out before Bob made his move.
Yeah, super classy names for a fantasy piece!
P.S. No offense meant to any Joe's or Bob's who frequent these forums.