iUniverse Tips on Naming your Characters Part 1

iUniverse knows as an author there are many scenarios to consider when still penning your latest fiction adventure. Your mind maybe jumping ahead to book-signings when published or your back cover blurb, but before all of that you have to create your story, not just the plot and location but also your characters.

iUniverse says it may seem a grand idea to name your characters after your parents or Uncle Bob, but is it advisable. There are a few things to keep in mind when you decide this crucial aspect of what could be a history making book. One is the character’s personality, secondly their ethnicity and of course their name?

Do you think that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jay Gatsby would be as famously known if he were named John Green, or what about Trevor swinging through the trees of Africa instead of the more manly Edgar Rice Burroughs’ character Tarzan? We all have our favorite characters in books, TV and movies, so getting it right will help sell your books long after you have finished your book marketing with iUniverse.

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