![]() ![]() Or a family that doesn’t but wants to think it does. For example, a woman named Bunny could be somebody who comes from a well to do family. Archer was killed early on, so I guess Ross MacDonald decided to use the name since Dashiell Hammett wasn’t going to use it any more.ģ) Names can reflect part of a characters personality or indicate social strata. By the way, Lew Archer was also Sam Spade’s partner in The Maltese Falcon. Other examples include Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer and Ross MacDonald’s Lew Archer. For example, in The Maltese Falcon, the private eye protagonist’s name was Sam Spade. Turning to the detective fiction genre again, for many years the protagonists always had last names that implied the type of work they did. So, David Spenser became Spenser, with two “S’s,” like the poet.Ģ) If you write in a particular genre, consider if the protagonist’s names have a certain “form” or “rhythm” to them. Parker had originally named his private detective David Spenser, but at the last minute decided to pull the first name, because he had two sons, one named David, and he didn’t want to possibly offend his other son by not have a character named after him. So, if you have trouble picking out names, maybe the first thing to do is relax. Until a story or novel is accepted for publication, you can change the name. By no means are these all inclusive suggestions.ġ) The first name you come up with is not unalterable. Still, there are no etched-in-stone rules for naming characters, but here are a few suggestions. Who knows, if really stuck for a name or if your story is Kafkaesque, you might be able to use only a letter for the character’s name. ![]() A character’s name can help ground her in your story’s world, no matter where that world is. ![]()
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