NiQuinn
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I am stuck in a rut. Naming characters can be fun but there's a point in naming them that gets frustrating for me. Case in point, the main characters. I'm stuck with the rule: Do not name your characters with the same starting initial. The point of this is so that readers get to remember individual characters easier.
Now, I just returned my MC's name to my first choice and stuck finding a different name for my main guy lead. I've put a limit to myself and really try my best to stick close to names that would both fit the genre of the novel PLUS the fictitious country they're in. It makes them more alive in my eyes if I take those things into consideration.
I remember one time I was reading a wattpad novel and it just downright frustrated coz it was a fantasy setting but the names would jump all over the place. They'd be English one moment, Chinese the next, and even Korean for another and they were all in the same family -_- It just turned me off from reading more.
How about you all? How do you name your characters?
Now, I just returned my MC's name to my first choice and stuck finding a different name for my main guy lead. I've put a limit to myself and really try my best to stick close to names that would both fit the genre of the novel PLUS the fictitious country they're in. It makes them more alive in my eyes if I take those things into consideration.
I remember one time I was reading a wattpad novel and it just downright frustrated coz it was a fantasy setting but the names would jump all over the place. They'd be English one moment, Chinese the next, and even Korean for another and they were all in the same family -_- It just turned me off from reading more.
How about you all? How do you name your characters?