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Name Theory: Giving Thanks for the Vision
Sometimes I am blind. I don’t see what is right in front of me on the page. I read my words and I don’t see glaring mistakes, or I don’t see where I haven’t written enough for the reader to see what I...
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Character of the Week: Dead Girl Names
Remember how I said that I belong to a Jane Austen book club. The Writer Describes the Character Female, mid-20s She was born and raised in a small town in the Northeastern portion of New York state....
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Name Theory: “Meanings”
Names can have a different feel to people based on their experience of the name. I personally have two very close friends with the same name, and know two very difficult people with the same name—and...
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Character of the Week: “Being” Names
Yesterday I was thinking about my name, what it means to me, how it has affected me—how being Marlo has made me who I am. The Writer Describes the Character Male, 18 (born October 1994; story set from...
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Name Theory: Being Marlo
I wasn’t one of the Lisas, or Julias, or Melissas growing up. In fact my name rather than ending in the feminine “a” ends in the masculine “o”. Having an unusual name in the years when every other kid...
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Character of the Week: White Tiger Names
We had a cat-tastrophe in my house this morning, hence the lateness of this post. Also, hence the inspiration. The Writer Describes the Character Female, 14-15, probably a winter birthday, present day...
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Name Theory: Tonality
Sometimes character naming can come down to “Just the facts, Ma’am.” Sometimes it needs something a little less tangible. While re-reading this week’s character naming I felt like I was missing...
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Character of the Week: Paranormal Horror Names
This was e-mailed to me this week. The Writer Describes the Character Female, 17, Contemporary Born and raised in upstate New York (near the PA/NY border). Mother is a housewife, ~45 yrs. old; Father...
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Name it Again, Sam
It’s the New Year, and a time for beginnings. And sometimes endings as well. I’ve been thinking about this little blog o’ mine for a while, and what it means to me. When I started it, when I planned to...
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Character of the Week: A Humorous Name with Derring-Do
My husband asked me to help him with a name. He enjoys drawing and needed a name for a “headline” in his latest. He described the character thusly: “He’s an adventurer, the kind who might go over...
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