Interests and names
May. 6th, 2011 12:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
clare_dragonfly12. What do you consider the five most "telling" interests from the list on your profile? Why?
Okay, well, going into my profile to look over my interests... I have a hundred and eighteen interests, which isn't that huge of an amount, and you want me to pick five?!
I guess I'll pick five, but I don't think I can really explain why they're telling. At least not today.
Criminal Minds, Ereshkigal, faeries, Holly Black, Wales
Feel free to ask about any of those that might interest you or make you curious. Maybe later I'll be in more of a mood to explain >.>
How do you come up with names and story titles?
Names for characters are fun. I tend to go to a lot of baby-naming sites, especially when I know something about the character before knowing his or her name. alfabette zoope is my favorite for when I know the first letter of the name; I also use the US Census website a lot, especially for picking surnames. I like being able to scroll up and down to see names that are more and less common.
Titles are much harder. I usually end up writing whatever it is, then picking out a phrase or something. (That's usually what I do for chapters of Chatoyant College.) Sometimes I come up with more interesting titles, but I honestly can't tell you where they come from.
Okay, well, going into my profile to look over my interests... I have a hundred and eighteen interests, which isn't that huge of an amount, and you want me to pick five?!
I guess I'll pick five, but I don't think I can really explain why they're telling. At least not today.
Criminal Minds, Ereshkigal, faeries, Holly Black, Wales
Feel free to ask about any of those that might interest you or make you curious. Maybe later I'll be in more of a mood to explain >.>
How do you come up with names and story titles?
Names for characters are fun. I tend to go to a lot of baby-naming sites, especially when I know something about the character before knowing his or her name. alfabette zoope is my favorite for when I know the first letter of the name; I also use the US Census website a lot, especially for picking surnames. I like being able to scroll up and down to see names that are more and less common.
Titles are much harder. I usually end up writing whatever it is, then picking out a phrase or something. (That's usually what I do for chapters of Chatoyant College.) Sometimes I come up with more interesting titles, but I honestly can't tell you where they come from.