For some reason, all my characters come to me with their names attached to them. I never have to search for the names.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I like straightforward names for my characters. When I get too symbolic with names or places, I start feeling like the characters and the story are less read, and I lose interest.
I always try to find some part of a character that exists in me and plug that in.
I am interested in names and what they say; it is true. I like to look at the columns of baby names in the newspapers. But I don't run out of new ones for my characters.
I make up names for people all the time - it's part of writing. Very often, the name comes with the character, along with of a sense of who they are and what they do.
All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.
I like naming characters.
There is no need to smear my name or to defame my character for the sake of news.
I never really thought about what characters I play. I always just wanted different characters.
It always takes awhile to find out who the characters are.
In both 'Tigerman' and my first book, 'The Gone-Away World,' there are characters who never really get names. They're too fundamentally who they are to be bound by a name, so I couldn't give them one.