Hello everyone! I know there may be a thread like this out there already, but if so, I don't know how to find it. Anyway, I was wondering if...
I hope that this is a new thought line, but if it isn't would someone please direct me to the right place. Anyway, I got the idea for this thread...
Hi All, I am new to writing and writing forums. I have considered using a pen name for my books which are unpublished at present. I was...
To all the people who design fictional worlds, how do you come up with names for nations, empires, continents, planets, and everything else? One...
Hi all, I'm having a weird issue that I've been flip flopping around on, and that's how the narrator refers to certain characters. My MC refers...
So I wanted to pay homage to family and some of my favourite authors by using names and a few titles. For example, I have a Captain Snyder (for...
I've read lots of tabletop RPG's and they all have their own name for a FTL drive, etc. Couldn't I use "jump drive" as a generic non-issue?...
Does anyone have any tricks or exercises for coming up with great character names? Maybe lesser characters can get buy with “Bob” or “Susan,” but...
Hello. From earlier votes and discussions both here and in other forums I have narrowed my pen names down to these. Now, which of these names do...
Dear Writers Forum, Is there any legal barrier say to having a character listen to Elvis Prestley, drink Coca Cola, own a collectors cassette from...
When should I put a ship's name in italics? Every time it's mentioned? What about its informal name? For instance, if a ship is named the...
I'm writing a fantasy novel about a girl named Morrigan who lives in a war camp and travels to nearby kingdom to compete in a tournament.She has 3...
I'm terrible at keeping names of my characters the same. I always end up changing them over and over again. The way I choose my characters' names...
If I had a cat, I'll call it Mew. Or Chairman Meow. ... I'm talking real life too. Pet Names What's a good funny pet name to name the family...
What are some good names for siblings that sound good together? Hansel and Gretel sound good to hear in the same sentence because they have the...
Some places like The New York Times column Modern Love don't want you to change names of the people in your essay. No pseudonyms. Sometimes...
I've already tried completely common names, and other than "Jason" they all sound bad, and I think that one only sounds good because of the...
I am around the 10k mark, out of minimum 45-50k, and I have drawn up a very crucial scene in the upward slope of my storyline. I have hit a major...
Hi I haven't posted much before I've mostly just been reading through, I had some questions about which names of races / places from mythology can...
I always try to find names that were unique and uncommon. I kinda started to make my own names because I thought it would be fun, and it will be...
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