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MalenkayaCherepakha ([personal profile] malenkayacherepakha) wrote2020-01-22 08:22 pm
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Snowflake Challenge #11

 Challenge #11: Recommend a fannish or creative resource.

Popping in quickly before I return to birthday celebrations to do challenge #11. 

I really hate coming up with names for OCs/background characters in fics, and it's always one of the last things I do before publishing or submitting a fic. Right up until that stage my fic will be littered with XXX [auror /professor/character name] because I just cannot come up with names. 

Thank god for name generators is all I can say.

My favourites are this
Victorian Name Generator and this Harry Potter Name Generator. I don't tend to the use whole name they come up with, instead I click through until I find a first name I like, then repeat until I find a surname that goes with the first name or that conveys a meaning etc. 

I know a lot of people struggle with names so I hope these help! 
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[personal profile] gracerene 2020-01-22 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Oo, I've never heard of the HP name generator before!
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[personal profile] lightofdaye 2020-01-22 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Thats a really neat tool. I've done something similar with Wikipedia's random article button on occasion
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[personal profile] enchanted_jae 2020-01-23 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Where I work, I glean character names from names that cross my desk. Oh, not full names, of course, but if a last name strikes my fancy, I'll jot it down. First names aren't as difficult.

I like the idea of name generators, though. Had never heard of them!
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[personal profile] walgesang 2020-01-24 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
Those name generators remind me of all the old name generators of long ago. :D Great picks!

Happy belated birthday, hope it was a great one! ♥
Edited 2020-01-24 00:36 (UTC)