I have decided to get serious about writing that book. The one
that I have been writing for the last - oh I don't know how many - years.
I'm taking all that I have learned from
all the writing workshops I have attended and doing it "right". My
first step was to create full character profiles.
What I have learned is that names are important. I have first
names for all my characters. My two main characters don't have last names and
it's not as easy to give them one. Since I have been playing the "I am
writing a book" game for so long I never really thought about it before
now.
Now that I have fully committed to this
project I feel like I did when I needed to name my children. I didn't just pull
out their names out of a hat. I see it the same for my characters. I
wanted their names to mean something.
As for my secondary characters, I didn't
think I needed to give the secondary characters last names. They are in the
story as an annoyance to the heroine. I wanted them to be insignificant – in
the story to create havoc for the main characters but even as I think about
them now I see that thought was wrong too. Whether I mention their whole names
in the story or not, I feel a strong need to have one in their character
profile.
What's in a name? More than I thought it
seems.
More to come in my journey to complete my first book tentatively
titled Frustrated.
