Day 3
3. How do you come up with names, for characters (and for places if you're writing about fictional places)?
In most cases names are the product of searches based on the character's traits, nationality, language, and so on. I'm pretty anal when it comes to story details...going as far as to make sure a name existed/was in use at the time the character got it. Sometimes I begin with a particular meaning I'd like and work out from there, or a nationality or language and work that way. I love symbolism, so you can bet most (if not all) names are for a particular reason. In some cases the names just come to me, but those are generally special situations.
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