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When Should You Be Satisfied?
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Author:  BushMaid [ September 24th, 2012, 12:21 am ]
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I have the toughest times choosing names. :P I can go through the entire baby names book fifty times, backwards and forwards, and still not be satisfied. Then I start writing with the one I finally choose, and for some ridiculous reason it drives me nuts every time I have to type it, distracting me from my actual writing. :P Yet there are some names I jag; I hit upon a name I am instantly completely satisfied.

So for the former types of names, when should you be satisfied with what you have chosen for your character? Are there those whom you are never %100 satisfied with, or do you continue searching until you are?
Author:  Arien [ September 24th, 2012, 7:29 am ]
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Personally, I'm rarely completely satisfied, but I take one that's good enough, and within a few days it's often cemented to the point where any other name is unthinkable.
Author:  kingjon [ September 24th, 2012, 8:15 am ]
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Personally, I have a (very large) collection of characters that I'd like to include someday, but I never move them from "I'd like to use someday" to "could use somewhere" until I've found a name that I'm at least somewhat satisfied with for that character. (But I hear you about baby-names books ... :))
Author:  Airianna Valenshia [ September 24th, 2012, 6:30 pm ]
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I'm one of those people who won't use the name unless I'm completely satisfied. Which is why it can take me a while to name something/someone. In fact, Breeon (male Diegose) for those who are old enough members to remember, went without a name for months (I just did this ___ whenever I had to use his name) until someone (can't remember who, now) came up with the perfect name that struck me.
Author:  Aragorn [ September 24th, 2012, 9:10 pm ]
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So far, I've always either found a name early on, or else I just leave the person nameless until I find the right name. I've currently got one character who has refused to be named for over a year. :roll: Sometimes I'm not entirely happy with a name, but it grows to fit the character over time.

Airianna Mimetes wrote:
Breeon (male Diegose) for those who are old enough members to remember, went without a name for months (I just did this ___ whenever I had to use his name) until someone (can't remember who, now) came up with the perfect name that struck me.

Me. ;)
Author:  Airianna Valenshia [ September 24th, 2012, 9:27 pm ]
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Was it you?!?!?! (t'was so long ago, my goodness!) *mentally makes note of this * Your memory is much better than mine. :D Thank you, Jonathan, for the name I fell in love with!!
Author:  Aragorn [ September 24th, 2012, 9:47 pm ]
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I'm glad I could help. :D
Author:  Lord Tarin [ September 24th, 2012, 10:40 pm ]
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It depends. Some names I can feel are perfect right off the bat, others take some adjusting to. I can't recall having named an important character and then changing his name, or using an unnamed character until I found one. I guess I like to be prepared (I have a list of hundreds of names for my current series). I just write them down when they come to me and then work out the who's who when I need to. Incidentally, location names are harder for me than character names in terms of solidifying them.
Author:  Airianna Valenshia [ September 25th, 2012, 7:59 am ]
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I did drastically change the spelling of Alonah's name, from what it origionally was. :) But it was still the same name. I just wanted to make sure people would pronounce it correctly. ;)
Author:  Idril Aravis Mimetes [ September 25th, 2012, 7:45 pm ]
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Naming is one of my biggest challenges...because, I don't settle for a character name unless I feel it's the perfect one. And character names usually come waaaayyy after I'm done writing the book (so I write "MC Male 1," "MC Male 2" until I can find a suitable name). I have saved a bunch of baby names websites (:rofl:) and often look at them (meaning, origin, etc.) when I'm naming a character. But it usually takes so long...and I don't stop till I've found the perfect one.
Author:  Politician de Paz [ September 25th, 2012, 8:37 pm ]
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Usually the name I pick first is the name with which I stick. However, sometimes I'll want to change a name (because another name is too similar) and it takes me a while to find a good one. Otherwise, I'm pretty easy with names, other than I tend to forget them and create new ones :D . For me, satisfaction for names is easy. Satisfaction with writing, on the other hand, is a whole 'nother football field.
Author:  Aratrea [ September 26th, 2012, 6:41 am ]
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I can agonize over names of the main characters good bit, but once I've found one, I don't usually question it at all... Like someone else on this thread said, generally even if I'm unsure about it, the character's personality will grow to fit the name, so...
Author:  Lady Elanor [ October 10th, 2012, 3:34 pm ]
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I tend to work out my character names until I am happy with them, before I start using them. There are a couple at the moment that I want to change, but I'm keeping them the same for now, whilst I come up with a different name for them. Usually once I've settled on a name, I don't tend to want to change it, and I hate changing a name after I've been using it for ages. (Other than these two I'm using at the moment, which I do not like.) :D
Author:  BushMaid [ October 10th, 2012, 6:17 pm ]
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Thanks for all your input, guys. :D I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who often struggles with this. :roll: Right now I'm still not happy with my MC's name. :/ His surname I'm happy with: Zaele. [ZAY-LEE] I've currently got Ethan as his first name, but I'm not %100 satisfied. :roll:
Author:  Cain [ October 10th, 2012, 10:25 pm ]
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I have that problem, but it never takes me longer than a few hours to come up with a name I like.

And it's TOTALLY COMPLETELY NOT RELATED to the fact that I am a NERD and have about 200+ pages of names saved on my laptop from languages from Arabic to Zulu and also about 100 pages of fantasy names.
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