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Q&A What should I do when I am stuck on names during freewriting?

If I get hung up choosing a name for a character, should I come back to it later? Or should I try to figure one out? I feel like sometimes I have some momentum going forward and taking too much tim...

6 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Luke Snell‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

Question novel naming fantasy
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T08:15:00Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/34125
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Luke Snell‭ · 2019-12-08T08:15:00Z (over 4 years ago)
If I get hung up choosing a name for a character, should I come back to it later? Or should I try to figure one out? I feel like sometimes I have some momentum going forward and taking too much time to select a name stops said momentum.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-03-09T04:56:56Z (about 6 years ago)
Original score: 24