Ludicrous jumped up figments of my imagination. Names can be hard. But when you get them, its great. I realised names must now be applied, as the aforementioned 'Sauerkraut' can only go so long until my mind is very confused. Of course I went to fantasy nerd Boyfriend for help, provided him with a list for each major character and a highlighter, and I can successfully say he stopped me naming a valiant king something that sounded awfully like 'Boris'. I find it rather easy to distinguish if a name is right or wrong for a character, however there tends to end up with about 10 'rights' and narrowing down isn't quite so easy, what do other people think, is naming easy for you? Of to troll some fantasy sights for some place names now then, and write up the immense amount of stuff I have in my writing notepad... If I'd spent more time writing up and less time on net-a-porter.com last night perhaps I wouldn't be in this predicament... TTFN :) <3
XD, you actually use Sauerkraut now? This is brilliant and I shall celebrate it at a later date.
ReplyDeleteI actually find it easier than I did to name characters, although place names are my favourite. I've gotten pretty good at those. All you need to do is avoid having your place names end in 'dor' and you will have done something that doesn't appear in ninety-five percent of other fantasy fiction.
Yeah I love it, it's so handy! I have real problems with place names, can't seem to find many good name generators for inspiration either annoyingly. Yeah, Tolkien may be an amazing writer, but he's not God, and it's pretty easy to rip him off, so I'm trying to avoid anything stereotypical. How are you doing writing wise lately?
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