reddanger
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:06 PM |
heard it's a mix between aspire and desire
idk
it's not a word though right?
because it's the name of one of my characters in my novel and i'm just wanting to see if there's any special meaning within it |
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:07 PM |
1. It looks like a portmanteau to me.
2. Please don't name your characters things like that. It's... really bad writing. Just a piece of advice. |
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:08 PM |
It's a nice name.
Never waste a moment; every moment can become a comedic moment! |
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:08 PM |
Despire...? No. Despise? Yes. |
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Lunarary
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:08 PM |
for a second i thought that said despite but yeah despire isn't a word |
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reddanger
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:11 PM |
"1. It looks like a portmanteau to me.
2. Please don't name your characters things like that. It's... really bad writing. Just a piece of advice."
what are you a writer? tell me what the heck having a unique name within a novel for a character is bad writing?
@everyone else
okay ty just wanted to make sure it wasn't a word |
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reddanger
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:14 PM |
"bob is always a good name"
by far the most typical name you could use in an example phrase
might use it for a character's name as a gimmicky joke though |
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:15 PM |
"tell me what the heck having a unique name within a novel for a character is bad writing?"
First off, one of the things you're trying to do with a character is make the audience see them like a real person. Like they're real. Giving them realistic-sounding names is one step towards this.
Second off, "despire?" Seriously? That just sounds stupid. Nobody'll take you seriously. Unless you're writing a spiritual successor to "My Immortal." |
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reddanger
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:18 PM |
"First off, one of the things you're trying to do with a character is make the audience see them like a real person. Like they're real. Giving them realistic-sounding names is one step towards this.
Second off, "despire?" Seriously? That just sounds stupid. Nobody'll take you seriously. Unless you're writing a spiritual successor to "My Immortal.""
your logic is crap
you know why?
look at the hunger games
so MANY people relate to the main character and the story which is why it's so successful
now tell me how the heck katniss/peeta/haymitch sounds like a realistic name i can take seriously without laughing at because of how stupid it sounds
oh wait a second the names don't matter because people look at the characters and story not the damn names |
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:20 PM |
"now tell me how the heck katniss/peeta/haymitch sounds like a realistic name"
The big thing is that they don't sound like WORDS. |
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:20 PM |
| just name them after foods and animals and youll be good |
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reddanger
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:27 PM |
"The big thing is that they don't sound like WORDS."
so you're saying because a name sounds like a word but isn't it's stupid and makes my work automatically garbage?
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:30 PM |
"so you're saying because a name sounds like a word but isn't it's stupid and makes my work automatically garbage?"
More or less, yah. The goal of a name is to make it not sound like a word. Why? Because, if it does, people associate that character with that word. And no matter how well you write them, people'll see them as that quality.
I mean, come on, there's a very simple solution to this problem. Either pick a real name, pick a real name and change it a bit, or throw some phonemes together to make something totally unique-sounding. |
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jrad217
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:30 PM |
| ROBLOX is a portmanteau of robots and blocks... |
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:32 PM |
| Despire? It sounds like a dragon name. Is your character a dragon? :) |
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:33 PM |
| idk it sounds like a brand of perfume or somethin |
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reddanger
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:35 PM |
"More or less, yah. The goal of a name is to make it not sound like a word. Why? Because, if it does, people associate that character with that word. And no matter how well you write them, people'll see them as that quality.
I mean, come on, there's a very simple solution to this problem. Either pick a real name, pick a real name and change it a bit, or throw some phonemes together to make something totally unique-sounding."
peeta sounds like pita and gale is a word
meanwhile people still love those characters
mad hatter is basically two words
white rabbit is basically two words
snow white is basically two words
and yet people still love all those characters
hmm... i wonder why... |
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reddanger
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:35 PM |
"idk it sounds like a brand of perfume or somethin"
now that you mention it... |
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:37 PM |
"peeta sounds like pita"
It also sounds like "Peter," Sherlock.
"and gale is a word"
As a name, that's spelled "Gail."
"mad hatter is basically two words
white rabbit is basically two words
snow white is basically two words"
Because they used this to their advantage when writing. As a novice writer who is not writing for children or as satire, don't do it. |
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reddanger
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:38 PM |
"Because they used this to their advantage when writing. As a novice writer who is not writing for children or as satire, don't do it."
please go more in depth with "Because they used this to their advantage when writing." |
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:39 PM |
"please go more in depth with "Because they used this to their advantage when writing.""
Certain techniques have a time and a place where they work. In this case, the writers were purposely being shallow. Because the stories were made for small children to understand. |
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reddanger
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| 20 Dec 2014 11:41 PM |
"Certain techniques have a time and a place where they work. In this case, the writers were purposely being shallow. Because the stories were made for small children to understand."
are you assuming that it only works because it's aimed towards small children?
you do know adults love these characters too right? |
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