gauchecritic
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I was talking to someone the other day about this and thought I'd start a thread to hear what others think or do.
I seem to recall in English Lit. lessons, there was a fair amount of emphasis put on the choice of character's names.
Names like Victor, Angela, Ernest or a bit furter back in Lit history Mrs Malaprop or Mr Fezziwhig, Wackford Squeers, Flashman.
Appropriate names, befitting of character's character.
In my latest story Hunting Dawn, [Earth Day entry so vote early vote often] there's a girl named Hannah. To my mind it's an old persons name but she is 18 (minimum) and has Eastern European parents. Her sister is called Magda (sounds like Magyar) The father is Stanislaw, foreign name but Stan for short because he's a down to earth father.
The story before that is based entirely on the eponymous title: Abigail Slaughter. Her company is called 'Slaughterhouse VI'. To show her secretly humorous side she always signs her name Abigail'S laughter.
So what do you do? Pick a name out of the air? Have the character named just so? Or do their names have specific meaning for you, bringing to mind particluar people?
Gauche
I seem to recall in English Lit. lessons, there was a fair amount of emphasis put on the choice of character's names.
Names like Victor, Angela, Ernest or a bit furter back in Lit history Mrs Malaprop or Mr Fezziwhig, Wackford Squeers, Flashman.
Appropriate names, befitting of character's character.
In my latest story Hunting Dawn, [Earth Day entry so vote early vote often] there's a girl named Hannah. To my mind it's an old persons name but she is 18 (minimum) and has Eastern European parents. Her sister is called Magda (sounds like Magyar) The father is Stanislaw, foreign name but Stan for short because he's a down to earth father.
The story before that is based entirely on the eponymous title: Abigail Slaughter. Her company is called 'Slaughterhouse VI'. To show her secretly humorous side she always signs her name Abigail'S laughter.
So what do you do? Pick a name out of the air? Have the character named just so? Or do their names have specific meaning for you, bringing to mind particluar people?
Gauche