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2026-06-11 16:30 UTC
#WritersCoffeeClub June 11: How arbitrary are the names in your work?
On a scale where 1 is "I had a random number generator create them for me" and 10 is "it's a non-fiction work (history, memoir, news reporting, whatever) so I had no choice at all in the matter", mine are around 5-ish. I select them partly based on the actual frequency of names in the characters' birth years, and... 1/2
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@kagan@wandering.shop 2026-06-11 16:31
...frequently include some kind of symbolic significance (e.g., Jessie Nakamura's surname). But there's still a fair amount of flexibility in there. 2/2 #WritersCoffeeClub