![]() ![]() But before you can name your characters, you must know them inside and out. You want your readers to remember your characters' names long after they've finished reading the book. That's why you should think long and hard over them. The first step in naming your characters is to know them. ![]() Three things to keep in mind when naming your characters are-the character's personality, his/her ethnicity, and the century in which they were born. Or is your hero Irish? Name him Alsandair. You still can-but with a variation to the root-Alexander perhaps. Okay, so you promised your father to name the hero of your third book after him. After all, how many medieval knights were really named Billy? And how many Englishmen do you know named Aleksy? How many of us have belabored over finding just the right name for a character, only to have our critique group throw it back in our face with the claim, "It doesn't work for me." As much as we hate to admit a mistake, they may be right. ![]()
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