[stylist] Character name changes

[Vejas Vasiliauskas]

It's funny because I'm just the opposite.  I usually come up with 
the main characters' names before I even think of writing 
anything down.
I have a suggesttion (although bare in mind that this is from 
someone who usually creates a name and stays attached to it):
If you're still happy with the first name, could you maybe 
dedicate the novel to someone else who is meaningful to you, then 
in your next novel dedicate it to the one you are intending to 
now?
Vejas


 ----- Original Message -----
From: Shelley Alongi via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org
To: Writers' Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 13:21:16 -0500
Subject: Re: [stylist] Character name changes

Well, it's not entirely unheard of for me to change names of 
characters.  Sometimes, I start with the name and the characters 
so redesigned by the time I'm finished that the name doesn't fit 
anymore in my own head.  I don't always change all the names 
usually I end up changing the protagonist or the main character.  
The supporting characters don't usually get name changes although 
they might get more fleshed out versions of their own character 
ers.  In this instance, the main character has the same name as 
the person I am dedicating the book to and there's little bit of 
an emotional attachment there and some people could get confused 
and I just think I like this other name better now.  I'm like you 
I could've use a placeholder name to visualize the character.  I 
tend to write what comes to mind and look at it later and change 
it and think it outafter I have a framework.  If I waited to 
write down my final draft it would probably be a longer time than 
it already is for me to write anything.  And, this is not the 
final draft.  Almost but not quite.

shelley Queen of Bells out Sent from my iPhone

 On Aug 17, 2015, at 12:59 PM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via 
stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Shelly,

 I don't often change names, but this is totally up to the 
person.  Sometimes,
 I use a place holder name until I figure out what I want to name 
a
 character, and this is totally acceptable.  If you want to 
change a name, or
 all names, there's nothing wrong with that.  Question, any 
specific reason
 why you want to change the nae, especially  in the finished 
draft?

 Bridgit

 -----Original Message-----
 From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
Shelley
 Alongi via stylist
 Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2015 10:58 PM
 To: Writers' Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org
 Cc: Shelley Alongi <salongi712 at yahoo.com
 Subject: [stylist] Character name changes

 OK guys here is my first Writers question to the current list.  
So I am about
 to self publish a novel and I want to know something.  I don't 
want to know
 if I should do this or not because I've pretty much decided I'm 
changing the
 name of my protagonist.  We've gone through to name changes and 
now after
 rewriting the book and thinking about it I've decided that I'm 
choosing a
 third name.  So, how many times do you change the name of your 
characters

 shelley Queen of Bells out Sent from my iPhone
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