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One of my favorite things to do as a writer is to create character names. It’s one of the first things I do to start a new story. There are a few types of names in the story world, and I’ve come up with five different categories, just for fun. We have: bland names, overused names, hard-to-pronounce names, principal-character names, and side-character names. Now, let’s talk about them in a little more detail. . . Unique Character Names, Character Last Names, Main Character Names, Legal Name Change, Story Names, Create Character, Hulk Character, The Truman Show, Make A Character

One of my favorite things to do as a writer is to create character names. It’s one of the first things I do to start a new story. There are a few types of names in the story world, and I’ve come up with five different categories, just for fun. We have: bland names, overused names, hard-to-pronounce names, principal-character names, and side-character names. Now, let’s talk about them in a little more detail. . .

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Place names don't come from nowhere. When people give a name to a village or a river or a mountain range, it usually has a meaning behind it. That might be a description of the place, a reference to the people living there, or something more reverant (referencing a god, for example). Many places in England or the USA

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