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Q&A Should I make up my own names for the days of the week/months

You don't need to invent new names for concepts, unless they somehow relate to the storyline. Instead, use relative names like tomorrow and yesterday, but not Thursday or next-week. Relative Cel...

posted 6y ago by Criggie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:31:56Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/41156
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Criggie‭ · 2019-12-08T10:31:56Z (almost 5 years ago)
You don't need to invent new names for concepts, unless they somehow relate to the storyline.

Instead, use relative names like tomorrow and yesterday, but not Thursday or next-week. Relative Celestial names like "next month" or "after the new moon" or "next growing season" are totally transferable too.

+1 for realising its pretentious. Remember the Fiction Rule of Thumb in [https://xkcd.com/483/](https://xkcd.com/483/)

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-01-09T18:37:14Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 4