since i'm hideously stalled on writing anything

[jana_denardo]

have a little more of the 30 days of writing meme

3. How do you come up with names, for characters (and for places if you're writing about fictional places)?

I agonize over them. Rarely do the characters introduce themselves and say 'hi I'm _____'

No, i end up scouring naming sites, naming books, bothering friends for help. Oh the characters are quick to say 'that's not my name' but they won't tell you what that name IS. Brats.

I was hoping to write tonight. However, diabetes has another plan for me. Right now I'd just like to be able to stay awake and not worry about slipping into a high sugar coma. Ah, the joys of diabetes. So far none of my characters have been diabetic.I like them too much

Comments

[havocmangawip.livejournal.com]

Oh my... the naming is difficult. When a character is an OC in WIP sometimes their name starts out as (Blankity Blank) in my drafts. I see what this nameless person does as I "observe" them. Not real observation of course, as I'm writing them. I do a lot of "Character RP" in my head. What would they have to say to each other?

NO diabetic comas!

[jana-denardo.livejournal.com]

I think it's just as well I never had kids. I fear what they would have been named...three years after they were born.I'm so slow at it. I can get halfway through a story with nothing but a placeholder for the character's name.

luckilyno coma. thanks again