Hi Jonathan, I'm glad to have you in my network. Would you happen to know anyone looking for feature horror scripts by any chance?
Thanks for connecting, Jonathan. I'm happy to know others of my tribe here in Silicon Valley. - JT
How do you all go about naming your characters? 35 pages into a story and I still don't have the "right" name for my lead character? What do you all do?
I don't see an issue with some character names starting with the same letter but they shouldn't be similar or sound similar.
Unless the characters names are a direct reflection of who they are in some way, I pick a name I like and move on. Sometimes for fun I use the names of people I know (main character of what I'm workin...
Expand commentUnless the characters names are a direct reflection of who they are in some way, I pick a name I like and move on. Sometimes for fun I use the names of people I know (main character of what I'm working on now is after my daughter) but for the most part I don't think it's something to obsess over. Because I don't think it matters that much.
I'm writing a couple scifi scripts, and through my journeys, I've had most of the character names just flow on the pages. Don't get me wrong, i did go through several hundred in my head, but I chose t...
Expand commentI'm writing a couple scifi scripts, and through my journeys, I've had most of the character names just flow on the pages. Don't get me wrong, i did go through several hundred in my head, but I chose them and kept writing. Just think of the protagonist and ask yourself if my movie characters become action figures would anyone buy the hero character if his name was "GAYLORD Q. TINKLEDINK" ?
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