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@emma-flournoy 😛
I’ve read it once before, which is probably why I’m not holding myself to it so strictly this time. I’ve recently finished the council of Elrond, which took me forever. :O
I haven’t read the Silmarillion yet, though.☀ ☀ ☀ ENFP ☀ ☀ ☀
@Dragon-Snapper Oh I KNOW. That chapter is sooo long and deep. 😛
@emma-flournoy , Thanks for your imput! I’ll tell you when I have a definite name… hopefully tomorrow.
I have decided apon the name Douglas Clark. I really, really like it! Thank you all for your help.
@S-G-Dewey nice! I love it. 😀
@S-G-Dewey Yay for you! That’s a great name!
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@S-G-Dewey That’s really good. 🙂
To everyone looking at this:
Something I’ve found helpful is to flip through a hymnbook, and look at the names of the people who wrote the hymns. I do this absolutely every single time I write a story, and it is SO helpful! There are so many names in a hymnbook, and they were all real people, so they all have legitimate last names… and most of them are from a long time ago, so it’s basically a name book full of names from a bunch of centuries. I pick a first name I like, and then flip through it until I find a last name that fits. Some of the names I’ve come up with this way are:
Liberty King
Denver Sears
Benjamin Harrington
Henry Mohr
Dora Stebbins
Lelia Cennick
Thomas Croly
Paul Reed
Henrietta Clairvaux
Adelaide Fawcettè
Samuel Coffman
James GrayHope this is helpful!
@kina-lamb that’s a really cool idea!
Another method similar that I use sometimes is movie credits. There’s some random first and last names scrolling up the screen after every movie and I like to jot down some of my favourites if I have a chance.
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@jane-maree That’s a good one! I’ll be paying closer attention to the movie credits from now on.
Me too, @jane-maree ! There are a wealth of unique and awesome names (and very nice ordinary names too) in movie credits. (Names I didn’t even know existed!) Tons of inspiration there. 🙂
@kina-lamb @jane-maree , Thanks for the tips! =) Those are great ideas, and I’m sure I’ll use them. 😉
Wait, wait, wait. @daeus. It took you a month to read LotR? I read it in two days?! I am faster than I thought….
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