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Ever Wonder About Names? 

6/4/2015

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When creating a story from scratch one of the most difficult parts can be finding the proper names for your character. A writer wants the name to fit. To express something about the character. Personally I poured over dozens of books and websites to find a name for my main characters. It took a lot of research to find one that felt right. I wanted a name that would call up a certain image in my reader's mind so I had to think like other people which was hard. 
One specific aspect of naming characters or things is that if people do already have a preconceived notion of what that name means they can suffer disappointment if the author fails to meet that expectation. 
For instance, search "Chocolate Lilly". You would think a flower with a name like that would look and smell delicious. But it has almost no smell at all and most populations look more like overripe bananas than chocolate. 


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