Activity for Fitri
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #3449 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #3424 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
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About using authentic historical name for teenager material I am writing a (short) story set in Ancient Egypt, and the intended audience are junior high-senior high school students in the US. I am trying to use authentic Ancient Egyptian names for the character, I can find a lot here. But my colleague warned that using foreign, difficult names like "Amenhotep... (more) |
— | over 13 years ago |
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How do you come up with a fictional character name in a historical era/region? How do you research to find character names? Especially when it's long ago, not European, and the culture was totally different from what the region has now. For example, how would you generate names for a story set in Ancient Egyptian era (of course I can't use Arabic names)? Would you use king or n... (more) |
— | over 13 years ago |