Choosing names for your characters can feel almost as tricky as naming a baby … you want to get it right!
Your character’s name needs to reflect not just their age, nationality, and upbringing – it also needs to fit the sort of person who they
are.
A “Jane” is likely to be a very different sort of character from a “Juniper”, for instance; and a “Tom” is probably not going to have the same personality as a “Thistle”.
Sometimes, character names might just come to you: of course your protagonist is an “Emily” and of
course her best friend is “Natalie”. Alternatively, you might have an idea of the kind of name you want: short and strong, long and elegant, unusual, etc.
But in many cases, you might not have much idea at all. It’s no wonder that some writers get stuck at the planning stage, trying to figure out what to call everyone in their novel.
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