Unusual Names To Go In Writing Fiction
Names for potential characters and other things you may need when saying their name
Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter — What If? Writing Exercise for Fiction Writers prompts
The Exercise — In your notebook, keep a list of unusual names for potential characters. In fact, every writer should have a collection of old yearbooks, benefit programs, phonebooks, and so forth to browse through when he needs to name a character. And don't stop there. Keep lists for things you might need to name sometime in a story. Remember that tone is important, so when naming the list below of things choose an earnest name and a farcical one.
Name the following things. Imagine stories they might go in.
The Objective - To loosen up your imagination by naming things you wouldn't ordinarily have to name - never mind "own."
Desert town = Dirty Whitesand - When driving by Dirty Whitesand, we decided to stop at a restaurant with the same name that was on the outskirts of town.
Race horse = Fastest - When Fastest won the race, I knew I had named him correctly!
Literary magazine = News you can use - When reading about the twenty-first century, there is so much sadness in the writings of goings on in this once great country.
New disease = Latest cancer - Just out: the Latest cancer has spread like wildfire due to the pepper spray, tear gas, injuries, combined with the high level of stress felt by all.
A football team = Golden throwers - The Golden throwers won their final game of the season and are now off to the playoffs.
Author's Note: I am not good at this, but I can see how this may be something to think about. Names to put in stories will make the stories more alive and real. Not necessarily with the names I made up, yet!
A diner = Eats and Treats - While visiting Eats and Treats, I ordered a walleye dinner. What a treat that was, and I knew I could eat that fillet and no more than one more. Walleye from Red Lake is the very best walleye of all, and they served it at Eats and Treats.
A new religion = Kindness to all - I simply had to check this religion out. Is it true that a church was named Kindness to all? I know some who profess that kindness to all is what their religion is, but truly in the name?
A new planet = Donald Trump - If it is found anytime soon, that will be the name on the new planet. Donald Trump, as he is naming so many things after himself that this would have to be the name of a new planet.
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Denise E Lindquist
I am married with 7 children, 28 grands, and 13 great-grandchildren. I am a culture consultant part-time. I write A Poem a Day in February for 8 years now. I wrote 4 - 50,000 word stories in NaNoWriMo. I write on Vocal/Medium daily.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA PLANET DONALD TRUMP! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Good work on this one. You are creative at this one too.