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Keep a list of names Early in Time Clare's writing podcast Couch to 80k he sets the reader a task of spending 10 minutes inventing names. I loathe and detest coming up with names, and was dreadin...
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System
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2019-12-08T08:15:12Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Bob Tway
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2019-12-08T08:15:12Z (almost 5 years ago)
**Keep a list of names** Early in Time Clare's writing podcast [Couch to 80k](http://www.timclarepoet.co.uk/tag/couch-to-80k/) he sets the reader a task of spending 10 minutes inventing names. I loathe and detest coming up with names, and was dreading it. But I found that approaching the job as an end in itself, with no particular goal in mind, very liberating, and I easily jotted down a page full. He then invites the listener to look over the list and see if any of them suggest a character. But he also points out that such a list is extremely useful to have around if you're writing and suddenly need the name of an incidental character. So: write a list. Keep it around. You might find it more fun and more useful than it sounds.
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System
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2018-03-09T14:10:13Z (over 6 years ago)
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