Yay! I love this time of the year. I'm working on Djinn: A Love Story and it's coming along great. I've got a couple hang ups as far as names, so rather than spend the time on the names now (which is what I normally do), I'm making the names on the fly, something stupid and silly, but it works to keep me moving forward. For example: my Djini King is named King Whosits. My librarian is named Miss Hoopastank. My Anthropology instructor is named Mr. Anthroguy. They work, right? But they are not my final names.
Names are so important in a story. I spend more time naming my characters than I do thinking up their appearance and their favorite color. The name has to mean something. These characters are, after all, my children, in a manner of speaking. And I would never send them out into the world with a name that didn't suit them.
So, since I'm nanoing, I don't have a lot of time for blogging. But I wanted to stop in and touch base with everyone. I'm behind in my word count, so I'm going to go and get caught up.
Names are so important in a story. I spend more time naming my characters than I do thinking up their appearance and their favorite color. The name has to mean something. These characters are, after all, my children, in a manner of speaking. And I would never send them out into the world with a name that didn't suit them.
So, since I'm nanoing, I don't have a lot of time for blogging. But I wanted to stop in and touch base with everyone. I'm behind in my word count, so I'm going to go and get caught up.