I know I sometimes struggle with finding that “just right” character name, this article has some useful tips to make that search a little easier and more meaningful.

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Finally sitting down to write that novel? Let’s assume you’ve chosen your genre, point of view, narrative style and all those other things that you have to decide before setting pen to paper. (Or fingers to keys). Now comes the fun part – maybe. Naming the characters. There are different methods of approach here, and excuse me if I leave some of them out. I use a variety of methods, but I know I haven’t discovered them all.

First, you can make the name tell something about the character. For example “Young Goodman Brown,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne gives us a fair description of the main character before we turn the first page. However, you might not want to get that concrete in your description.

Another way to name is to pick names of people you know who sort of seem to fit. The only problem with this is, they may…

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