My character shines
The hardest thing about him
Choosing his first name
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My character shines
The hardest thing about him
Choosing his first name
MY COLLEGE ODYSSEY 
Angela can I suggest give your character a number until the personality/behaviours/traits etc develop through your writing then the name will evolve and jump out at you.
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That’s a great idea, thanks!
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Coming up with names is so hard! I have a stock of placeholder names that I use in writing until I develop a character enough to discover their name.
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So true!!!!
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I encounter this problem as well. I do not even use Bob as a stand in, I just type odd characters from my keyboard and go straight into my character grid exercise and then a name will come to me later. I think this is one of the writer’s block thing that you just need to bulldoze your way over.
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Summarize his personality in one sentence
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In my short stories, I typically avoid naming my characters. I didn’t know anyone had a similar experience.
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I totally understand. I feel like the character is his name. Like his name should sum up all his potential and his characteris but the truth is some really cool people are named Bob 🙂
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Just wanted to thank you so much for liking my latest blog post. I am now following you! All my best.
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I love it 😀 Extremely funny, witty and also true. Great! And thanks for stopping by. 🙂
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Way too clever! Perfectly describes one of my greatest dilemmas. Do you have for plot?
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I do have a plot i’m working on. You can check out my snippets category if you’d like!
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dammit this was really clever and succinct and i hate seeing successful haikus because i’m terrible at them haha. excellent!
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Press on the gas pedal, girl. Name it Bob and just get writing. You’re letting a bug on the stairwell keep you from climbing.
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Haha I like that, thanks!
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It’s the worst trying to figure out character names! I have three baby name books, two of them list names by country, and it’s still hard! I’m inclined to choose less common names because I like them, but then I worry that it would put readers off for being too flowery and strange.
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Oh I know the struggle 🙂
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