Comments on: Thoughts on Character Names http://www.ohjoy.org/2008/08/12/thoughts-on-character-names/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:17:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: joy http://www.ohjoy.org/2008/08/12/thoughts-on-character-names/comment-page-1/#comment-292130 joy Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:55:49 +0000 http://www.ohjoy.org/2008/08/12/thoughts-on-character-names/#comment-292130 Troy, I totally agree. The name should also reflect who the character is, culturally speaking. I think you take naming to a whole different level than most of self-published writers I read this month. Marcia, I know! Sometimes you meet hippie children and that's about it. Troy, I totally agree. The name should also reflect who the character is, culturally speaking. I think you take naming to a whole different level than most of self-published writers I read this month.

Marcia, I know! Sometimes you meet hippie children and that’s about it.

]]> By: l'artiste http://www.ohjoy.org/2008/08/12/thoughts-on-character-names/comment-page-1/#comment-291056 l'artiste Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:59:29 +0000 http://www.ohjoy.org/2008/08/12/thoughts-on-character-names/#comment-291056 In some of my previous creative writing endeavors I have used the name Hoyle, Rolando, Malachi and Archimedes. Some call it literary license but I think the name needs to envelop the character in either cultural, personal or story-relevant reference. I have known people named Dale with a Bay City Rollers hairdo who drives an Chevy stepside pick up truck and a Filipino fella named Donovan with a checkered past and a goatee who is married to a junior leaguer with political aspirations. It all comes down to relevance and how someone crafts a character study. I love to twist the paradigms and make the reader reconsider the character. It may not work for all pieces, but I find comfort in it. In some of my previous creative writing endeavors I have used the name Hoyle, Rolando, Malachi and Archimedes.

Some call it literary license but I think the name needs to envelop the character in either cultural, personal or story-relevant reference.

I have known people named Dale with a Bay City Rollers hairdo who drives an Chevy stepside pick up truck and a Filipino fella named Donovan with a checkered past and a goatee who is married to a junior leaguer with political aspirations. It all comes down to relevance and how someone crafts a character study.

I love to twist the paradigms and make the reader reconsider the character. It may not work for all pieces, but I find comfort in it.

]]> By: marcia http://www.ohjoy.org/2008/08/12/thoughts-on-character-names/comment-page-1/#comment-281535 marcia Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:57:11 +0000 http://www.ohjoy.org/2008/08/12/thoughts-on-character-names/#comment-281535 One thing I always think about: How many people do I know in real life who have weirdo complicated names? Pretty much none! One thing I always think about: How many people do I know in real life who have weirdo complicated names? Pretty much none!

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