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07-05-2006, 09:23 AM
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Advice?
I was wondering if anyone could help me ive looked al over for a name generator that will help but none will!! character naming is realy hard but i do have all my characters named but i need some good city and town and countryside names because i just can't think of any good names! have to be made up names and you can even write a statement about this city/town/countryside if you wish!!
Many thanks
oxley123
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07-05-2006, 09:58 AM
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With all due respect...do you really want strangers doing your creative work for you? Because then it won't be your creation.
How about simply going to the library and opening up an atlas? Get one of those big ones with the really detailed maps.
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07-05-2006, 11:47 AM
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Just think of a word that describes the general atmosphere of the place and then use its stem in the creation of a new place name.
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07-05-2006, 12:04 PM
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Have a play with Google Earth - there are some great place names on there...
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07-05-2006, 02:16 PM
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07-05-2006, 02:53 PM
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If you seriously want advice, then stop what you're doing. Either you don't have the remotest chance in hell of ever writing anything (you're planning a seven book series and you can't even come up with names? You keep asking others to come up with stuff for you?), or you've bitten off way more than you can chew.
Start simple. Write what you know. Write short stuff about guys called Pete and girls called Mandy, in believeable situations, doing normal stuff.
Bet you think that's boring, huh? Maybe, depends how you write it. But if you can'd do that, and build on it, there's no chance on earth you'll ever write a novel, let alone seven. Walk before you can run.
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07-05-2006, 03:26 PM
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Bet you think that's boring, huh? Maybe, depends how you write it.
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I can second that. Last night I read "Jug Of Silver", a Capote short story. If you take the core "idea", it's quite mundane - boring even. He did a good job building tension toward the climax(s) though, and it was a fun read.
IDEAS DO NOT MAKE STORIES - storytelling does.
Actually, in "Jug Of Silver", the narrator isn't even named - nor is the town that I can recall. And the names of the other characters were pretty well stock cliches. What was important was Capote's ability as a storyteller.
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07-05-2006, 03:37 PM
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i agree with stewart, that's exactly what i do 
if the area you are naming is barbaric or rough, put in short letters like k and n.. if its peaceful and happy, use long letters like l and s..
but really.. naming your countryside should be the least of your problems in a story lol.. pick a name and write it, it will stick eventually.. i suggest The Shire, i dont think its been done before ¬_¬
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07-05-2006, 04:54 PM
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i agree with stewart, that's exactly what i do |
And I agree with Mike C. 
I hadn't realised that there was a septology involved. That just makes the question a mockery. |
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07-05-2006, 06:37 PM
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i agree with all the agreers!
and there is a major work set in 'the shire' but i can't for the life of me think of what it is...
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07-06-2006, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by mammamaia
and there is a major work set in 'the shire' but i can't for the life of me think of what it is...
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Shirely he was having a laugh. And stop calling my Shirely. |
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07-06-2006, 09:24 AM
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Most real life place names are retardedly stupid... stupidly retarded even...
Newfoundland (new found land), New York (the new York), Riverside (the side of the river) Long Beach (it's a long beach), Mt. Everest (it goes up... for ever... so do other mountains but this one goes up for everest... slap the guy who got to name that mountain...).
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07-06-2006, 07:09 PM
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and there is a major work set in 'the shire' but i can't for the life of me think of what it is...
Shirely he was having a laugh. And stop calling my Shirely.
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huh?... where did i call you anything???... have you taken your meds today, stewart? 
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07-06-2006, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by mammamaia
huh?... where did i call you anything???... have you taken your meds today, stewart? |
i beleive its a referance to the movie airplane
guy: surely you cant be serious
Dr: i am serious, and stop calling my shirley
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and i agree with the agreers agreeing with the original agreeers.... |
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07-07-2006, 06:39 PM
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i got the reference [despite the misspellings], but can't figure out how it can possibly apply to anything i wrote...
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