Thursday, October 2, 2008

Why Is It So Hard to Choose a Name?


So I just finished writing the first page of my first short story. As I am writing I'm realizing that it is really hard to find engaging and unique names. I don't know how writers like Tolkien did it. I mean not only was he able to come up with names like Legolas or Gimli..but he was able to create a whole different language. Not just one language but several. It seems almost impossible, for now I am going to use names from other stories I have read and eventually go back and change them.

Even my titles sound droll. Maybe I'm just being overly critical of myself, perhaps after I finish this draft I'll put a Poll up and you readers can vote on names of things (Note to self: Self - Create a poll)

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