The Trials of Procrastination
Sep. 2nd, 2006 01:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marfiskOkay, I know I'm not the only author who struggles with the myriad of names required for a book, especially when you can't go with Tom, Dick, and Harry but rather must come up with Garum, Therandon, Catterum, etc. Since I'm making the wild guess that those who follow my LJ are mostly if not all writers (I don't even think my parents come here ;)), I thought you'd find this amusing.
Part of When She Calls is the main character's rejection of his father's legacy. He never meant it to be permanent, but put off learning the trade until it was too late. Ultimately, fate had a different role in store for him, but it's a part of him throughout the novel that he's rejected this connection to his family.
What does this have to do with names you ask? Well, I'm nearing the end and things are happening that are turning him back toward, not his family tradition, but a more normal life. As a sign of this, I have another character call him by his full name...umm, what was his father's name again? Because of the period, his full name is: Therandon, son of *insert father's name here*.
No problem says I. I'll just wander back to the other reference and snag it from there since mysteriously it does not show on my character name list.
This is what I found:
Old habits had Andon executing a short bow to acknowledge the introductions. "I am Therandon, son of--" He stopped, knowing he'd lost the right to that title, to the industry it implied.
*GROAN*
And just in case you're curious:
72 scenes
68 complete - 94% of the novel
4 Scenes remain
5519 Remaining word count
99341 Estimated length - with an average of 1380 words per scene.
93822 Current Total
Part of When She Calls is the main character's rejection of his father's legacy. He never meant it to be permanent, but put off learning the trade until it was too late. Ultimately, fate had a different role in store for him, but it's a part of him throughout the novel that he's rejected this connection to his family.
What does this have to do with names you ask? Well, I'm nearing the end and things are happening that are turning him back toward, not his family tradition, but a more normal life. As a sign of this, I have another character call him by his full name...umm, what was his father's name again? Because of the period, his full name is: Therandon, son of *insert father's name here*.
No problem says I. I'll just wander back to the other reference and snag it from there since mysteriously it does not show on my character name list.
This is what I found:
Old habits had Andon executing a short bow to acknowledge the introductions. "I am Therandon, son of--" He stopped, knowing he'd lost the right to that title, to the industry it implied.
*GROAN*
And just in case you're curious:
72 scenes
68 complete - 94% of the novel
4 Scenes remain
5519 Remaining word count
99341 Estimated length - with an average of 1380 words per scene.
93822 Current Total
Re: Names!
Date: 2006-09-05 04:01 pm (UTC)On your aliens, spend some time thinking about what and who they are, then take human words that approximate and scramble letters until you find something appealing. At least that's what I do when I'm stumped. Usually the names just come to me though :).