Sometimes my brain’s like “hey, here, out of nowhere, a name that’s absolutely perfect for your character!" But most times it’s like "no. nope. this one sounds ugly. this one doesn’t feel like her. this one spells ugly. this one’s nice but transliterates awfully. she doesn’t look like this one. I hate this one for no reason. This one’s good but I already have a character named like this in the same work"
Also for me it’s certainly not the single most stressful part, but it is a special kind of stress to have someone on your character list who is just a description without a name. I’m not even talking about actually writing someone yet unnamed.
why is it that naming characters is the single most stressful part of writing? i’ll spend weeks drafting intricate plots and creating entire fake histories for countries, but the moment i have to name someone, my brain is like, 'uhhhh… kevin?' i can’t have my epic fantasy hero named kevin! but then i overthink it and end up with something like arithalas drakemourn, which sounds like a bad d&d oc. there is no winning.
It’s back again, help me😭
oh, the irresistible feminine urge to read six totally different books at the same time
I like how in Night Watch Vimes has to face his younger self and has the universal experience of cringing at his younger self but realizes you need to start somewhere. You start out naive and ignorant then life bites you in the ass and you learn, unless you're Vetinari then you've always been cool.
So…
Per the design of the opening credits Breaking Bad is abbreviated as BrBa, which is bromine-barium…
This should mean that Better Call Saul, which is abbreviated as BCS, is boron-carbon-sulfur. Or, you know, it would be if this show had anything to do with chemistry.
Neither one makes sense as a chemical compound anyway.
Nacho: I prevented Salamanca’s murder today
Mike: Really? How did you do that?
Nacho: Self-control
Vivaldi played by the South African elementary school Goede Hoop Marimba Band
Turn ON the sound
Behind the scenes pics are the cinema equivalent of final bows in theatre as both say "hey, it’s okay, all of this was made up, we all are actually alive, healthy, happy, we all are friends & had a lot of fun, it’s so cool that you like us"
Wow, I admire this artwork
Happy 10th anniversary to the final part of my favorite trilogy ever!
The most typical of the typical days in a writer’s (my) life
May the 4th truly is a blessed day in the Nerdom calendar:
May the 4th be with you.
Reichenbach Falls Day.
The second day in the yearly celebration of Dracula.
I wonder, how many other days have such a level of importance in so many fandoms? Surely there must be others?
Welcome to Los Pollos Hermanos, where something delicious is always cooking!
she/her || I’m a writer, I swear || and a huge fangirl || also a language learner and a nerd in general and a lot of other things
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