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I think the name has to fit your character...so you might not be 'just' thinking about a name, but more a name that fits that unique character that you're already carrying in your mind.
Me, I don't spend enough time doing anything but I'm really trying to slow down
I have, for shorts, pulled names out of the hat or even played with the random name generators online. But for features, I've spent more time thinking out names. Sometimes after writing a story, I feel a name doesn't fit though and that's really a pain to try to go thru and change them all!
Guess that's where planning ahead of sitting down to write comes in handy
Names only mean what you or others project upon them. I enjoyed the last game Michael created where we used letters.
Recently, tutoring ESL, I shared how "Fuck you!" can just as easily be a welcoming greeting. Words mean fuck all. It's the intention behind the words that matter.
It has to be close to OWC time. Sandra is here! She is drawn to OWC's like Leprechauns to rainbows, like tornadoes to trailer parks, like Jeffs to Jaeger. When you see Sandra, you know it's close!!
that being said...if anyone has shorts they want read.... i'm game.... i doubt im half the writer most of you are - but i will certainly do my best to give my 2 cents.. for whatever its worth... which is about 2 cents.
I think the name has to fit your character...so you might not be 'just' thinking about a name, but more a name that fits that unique character that you're already carrying in your mind.
it's quite ridiculous if you think about it...because its completely subjective....
the name "Heather" for me may relate in my mind to a "dirty, low life prostitute" while to you, that may be the name of your best friend on the planet.
so those of us spending hours stressing and searching for the PERFECT name (like me) are actually just totally wasting time
the name "Heather" for me may relate in my mind to a "dirty, low life prostitute" while to you, that may be the name of your best friend on the planet.
Heather was my first 3 wives name...and also the hooker I shacked up with in Cambodia for 11 days before I found Jesus, who happened to be the cop who busted me...and Heather. But what comes around, goes around, and Jesus knew Heather from a prior life.
Then I woke up and realized I was still living in my parent's basement in Fish Creek, WI, hoping an OWC involving the name "Heather" would materialize before I go crazy.
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