DDW - S2 Ep10 - Naming Our Fictional Characters

In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—talk about naming our fictional characters.    What we talked about General things to look out for when picking our characters’ names All the different aspects that might influence which names make sense for your characters Where to look for names How to verify whether these names are appropriate for your characters or not (Re)sources mentioned on the show Think Baby Names: http://www.thinkbabynames.com Behind the Name: https://www.behindthename.com Behind the Surname: https://surnames.behindthename.com Mariëlle’s 52 Weeks of Writing Author Journal and Planner: https://mswordsmith.nl/journal   This week’s episode page can be found here: https://representationmatters.art/2022/03/24/s2e10   Subscribe to our newsletter here and get out Doing Diversity in Writing Toolkit, including our Calm the F*ck Down Checklist and Cultural Appropriation Checklist: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r3p6g8    As always, we’d love for you to join the conversation by filling out our questionnaires.    Our Doing Diversity in Writing – Writer Questionnaire can be filled in at https://forms.gle/UUEbeEvxsdwk1kuy5   Our Doing Diversity in Writing – Reader Questionnaire can be filled in at https://forms.gle/gTAg4qrvaCPtqVJ36    Don’t forget, you can find us at https://representationmatters.art, on https://www.facebook.com/doingdiversityinwriting, and on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtHfIaeylIgbAWVy3E66lmw