Choosing a character name isn’t as easy as you think. There are so many things to consider. At this year’s conference I attended a workshop by Kelly Hunter. She raised some great points about choosing your characters’ names, saying you need to consider: gender ethnicity age virtues character traits birthplace occupation socio-economic status honorifics that…
Characters
The ins and outs of our characters
Have you seen this fascinating clip by Dove (see below)? They had a forensic artist sketch women using the woman’s own description and then again using the description of someone who had just met them. All the women saw themselves much more critically than the strangers did. Probably not surprising. But it made me realise…
Nature or nurture?
I’ve always thought it would be a combination of both and that was confirmed at a workshop I attended a number of years ago (and rediscovered when I cleaned out a drawer recently). Dr John Barletta, clinical psychologist, presented the workshop which examined how both nature and nurture can influence the development of behaviour and personality. I…
Consequences…
If you haven’t heard of the Darwin Awards they are named in the “spirit of Charles Darwin, [and] commemorate individuals who protect our gene pool by making the ultimate sacrifice of their own lives. Darwin Award winners eliminate themselves in an extraordinarily idiotic manner, thereby improving our species’ chances of long-term survival”. The stories listed…