Welcome to the Honor Roll, CaptJack Sparrow! WTG! (and this means the next round's on you!) (LOL!)
Gilligan's Island, yes, classic television - defines that particular era of comedy on television, too, along with shows like the Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres. What simply amazed me is how MUCH one could get into on such a small uncharted island... I mean... For being uncharted, there sure were a lot of people who knew where it was! And of course not ONE of them would report back to civilization and say, HEY there's this island full of castaways...
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Captain Python, it's good to hear you want to get back to your writing - I know it's tough when you hit a dry spell - I've had 'em too, every writer does. Ya just have to learn to roll with it and grab your inspiration where you can find it.
Names... There's a lot to consider when deciding upon a name for your characters... I try to first decide what the character is going to be, what they are going to do - and work up a backstory about them before EVER dropping them into the stream of the story I'm working on. Names come from the back story - such as, is the person of British heritage, Irish, Spanish, Italian, whatever... You can get GREAT name ideas from looking at geneology websites or by doing a "Spanish Surname" search on any search engine.
First names with me also depend upon the character. If they are an authority figure I try to use a strong name. Children get diminuatives, for instance, Thomas becomes Tommy. If they are a scholar, I try to use something a bit more classic - Biblical names are good too...
You have to also consider the era you are writing in - some names are too modern or perhaps were out of fashion during that time...
Sometimes a name depends upon a situation in a story. I once decided that two main characters would meet in a classroom where they were sitting in alphabetical order - so their last names had to be close in spelling. Later the situation in the story changed to a different type of meeting, but the names still remained the same - the characters had grown comfortable with them.
I know that's not a list of names, BUT... It's something to think about. Hope it helps!
Gilligan's Island, yes, classic television - defines that particular era of comedy on television, too, along with shows like the Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres. What simply amazed me is how MUCH one could get into on such a small uncharted island... I mean... For being uncharted, there sure were a lot of people who knew where it was! And of course not ONE of them would report back to civilization and say, HEY there's this island full of castaways...
: Captain Python, it's good to hear you want to get back to your writing - I know it's tough when you hit a dry spell - I've had 'em too, every writer does. Ya just have to learn to roll with it and grab your inspiration where you can find it.
Names... There's a lot to consider when deciding upon a name for your characters... I try to first decide what the character is going to be, what they are going to do - and work up a backstory about them before EVER dropping them into the stream of the story I'm working on. Names come from the back story - such as, is the person of British heritage, Irish, Spanish, Italian, whatever... You can get GREAT name ideas from looking at geneology websites or by doing a "Spanish Surname" search on any search engine.
First names with me also depend upon the character. If they are an authority figure I try to use a strong name. Children get diminuatives, for instance, Thomas becomes Tommy. If they are a scholar, I try to use something a bit more classic - Biblical names are good too...
You have to also consider the era you are writing in - some names are too modern or perhaps were out of fashion during that time...
Sometimes a name depends upon a situation in a story. I once decided that two main characters would meet in a classroom where they were sitting in alphabetical order - so their last names had to be close in spelling. Later the situation in the story changed to a different type of meeting, but the names still remained the same - the characters had grown comfortable with them.
I know that's not a list of names, BUT... It's something to think about. Hope it helps!
