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But it’s always worth the headache of draggingout the name books for one more go. A roseby any other name might smell as sweet, but acharacter with the wrong name causes oneheck of a stink.“Advice to youngwriters who wantto get aheadwithout anyannoying delays:don’t write aboutMan, write about aman.”—E.B. WhiteName resourcesThe Greatest Baby Name Book Ever by CarolMcD. Wallace—A comprehensive andentertaining standby.Character Naming Sourcebook by SherrilynKenyon—Organizes names alphabetically, byorigin and popularity according to year.Alchemist Name Generator (http://www.inkalicious.com/alchemist.html)Generate forty random names (first and last)at a time.Popular Baby Names (http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/) The Social SecurityAdministration’s records of baby names.Behind the Name (http://www.behindthename.com/) Provides thehistory and etymology of first names. Allowssearches by meaning and includes a handygenerator.Victorian Era Names, A Writer’s Guide (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poindexterfamily/OldNames.html) Namesfrom the turn of the century.Fantasy Name Generator (http://www.rinkworks.com/namegen/) Set thespecifications to your needs and generatedozens of names at a time.Sean Puckett—Random Word Generator(http://www.nexi.com/fun/rw/index.html)24
According to the site: “...if you want togenerate some new girl’s names, feed it a list ofgirls’ names, and it will take them apart anddiscover how to make girls’ names, then comeup with a list of words that are very similar, butprobably never before seen.”Think of the one action yourcharacter would never take. Thenforce him into a situation where hehas no choice. What happens?Writing Prompt25
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