If you are really, truly, very bad at naming characters, and you write fantasy fiction, here at last is help: the Fantasy Name Generator.
I wish I could think of the author who did this, but I was reading about someone (whose writing I respect and whose invented names generally went well with her characters – [...]
Entries from May 2009
Just for fun (or if you’re really stuck): the Fantasy Name Generator
May 18th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: character development
Lemony Snicket’s Bedtime Storytelling Tips
May 1st, 2009 · No Comments
Quick link to a short list of bedtime storytelling tips from Lemony Snicket, author of some pretty fun juvie lit books. It’s funny, and may even have some relevance to story writing as well as storytelling. And he cites Raymond Chandler. What could be better?
My personal favorite tip is #2: “Name the villains after people [...]
Tags: storytelling
