Many times the creative process of the author is stifled because he gets stuck with naming a main or supporting characters. To 'get the show on the road' quickly, and not lose time when he may be approaching a deadline, he could use on of these ten tips to help him choose a name:
Choose a name indigenous to the area he lives or works in. Irish names, for instance, are different from British and American Names. It helps the reader place your character before location description.Use name generators on Facebook or other places on the internet. They could help you get names for gangsters, stripper or porn stars if you needed one. There are generators for fantasy names if that is your genre.You may consult a list fort baby names like babynames(dot)com or in books where names may even be divided into gender and nationality.Let your character be more relevant to his part by giving him a name with meaning. The challenge is finding surnames for him. You could dig into online family trees and heritages for surnames that may apply to your character.Choose an 'eanie, meanie, miney, mo' approach by using a phonebook with a character name disclaimer at the end of your novel.Use random names from the crew of a movie when the credits roll by.Look at your spam mail harvest for 'real' names.Look in foreign newspapers when a foreign character needs to be named.Google the words 'Board of Directors' and then mix and match the names and surnames for inspiration.With military thrillers, Google names of foreign parliament and organization members in the respected countries and mix them up.Now, one more problem is eradicated in the author's creative process to help him write more efficiently by focusing on the process that is most important, writing.
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