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What's in a name?
mare:
LOL I have given the same name to characters in other stories and haven't realized it until long after I had posted them.
I have a the memory of a gnat.
MellzBellz:
I'm usually pretty careful with the names that I give my main characters, but I have a habit of just randomly naming other minor characters and not remembering what I named them so I use that name again without realizing it. For instance I know its probably really not noticeable because they were both VERY minor characters, but in UMS I named one of the trashy blonde haired groupies that Nick hooks up with in like Ch 14 or 15 Cynthia and then later on in like Chapter 52 or 53 I think I named the principal of the school that Alyssa was working in Cynthia also. Completely coincidental too. So yea, it happens...
I also tend to use the same guy names too. I lack orginality in that dept because I feel there's not as much creativity in guy names. Plus I'm usually using BSB. For any outside male characters I tend to stick with names like Matt, Sean, Josh, Brandon... They just keep popping up in my head.
RokofAges75:
^ I do that with the minor characters too. That's partly why I started naming those kinds of characters after readers, because I get tired of making up random names and repeating myself LOL.
And yeah, guys' names are hard. I don't like as many guy names as I do girl names. It's kinda nice to always write about Bsb cause I don't have to worry about making up as many male characters LOL.
LenniluvsBrian:
Well, I favour 'Tesia' quite a bit, as well as my own name 'Lenore' - I don't mean to use them over & over - & I know some hate when authors use their own names - but most were written back when I was like 15-18. Then I started using made-up names. Now, I just use whatever name happens to pop into my head. Though, I do have a baby names website bookmarked in case I draw a blank - lol. The newest name I love is 'Abrianna'. And I loved 'Ashlynn' for a while as well.
~Lenni~
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