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.
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I like naming 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.
Most of the names in my books have secondary meaning. Sometimes they foreshadow; sometimes they tell you about the character's origin or back story.
For some reason, all my characters come to me with their names attached to them. I never have to search for the names.
All of my characters are a little bit based on people I know in real life. You know when you do that you have to change the character a little bit in case your friend or your relative reads the book, because you don't want them to know you wrote about them... They might get mad.
All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.
When a character bears the same name as the author it's just an invitation to have some fun.
I like characters that make me feel challenged and sort of inspired.
The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
I like all my characters in one way or another, or at least I understand them.
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