Yeah, I know that's a weird title. Allow me to explain.
Last night, I was watching Lark Rise to Candleford (a really great period drama TV show that any Austen/Gaskell fans should check out) and the conflict for one of the characters was the question above. What is love? She was kinda freaking out about it. Anyway, when she asked that question the first time, one of my characters answered her in my head. "Love is giving your life for someone else's." Now, this doesn't fit the Lark Rise episode in any way, shape, or form, but I was intrigued. Viola, my character, answered what love is to her. So, I decided to see what some of my other characters had to say.
Marius: Love is accepting/loving someone despite their past.
Bev: Love is being accepted for who you are.
Joy: .... Is this a trick question?
Silla: Love is being accepted, even when you're not what was wanted.
Gwen: Love is working hard for the good of others.
Chad: See Shakespeare's sonnet 116. I painted it on the side of the abandoned crematorium.
Farold: Love is protecting your loved ones from the past.
Henley Sayer: Love is avenging your family.
Lizzie: Ooh, I should ask my characters that....
I'm not sure some of these even make sense, but I thought it was interesting to see how differently the characters reacted. And thank heaven they reacted differently, or I would have some serious character development to do for everybody.
As you may or may not be able to see, some of these characters have insecurities that affect their view of this subject (Marius, Bev, Silla...). Hopefully, that makes them more like chocolate lava cakes and less like cardboard.
If you're a writer (and I assume most of my few readers are), how did your characters react to this question? And I'd love to hear input from all the non-writers too.
A good evening/morning/day/whatever to you.
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Friday, April 26, 2013
Monday, April 8, 2013
Of Character Correctness
One of the things I did wrong in my first novel was that Lizzie, my MC, was always right. She found the true meaning of every clue right away. This does not make for a good story. It makes for an okay story, but it would have been better (and will be, when I pull that manuscript from the dungeon again) if she'd misinterpreted a clue or two, or only realized half of what it meant.
Why? you ask? Because my friends, that makes for plot twists of awesome.
Think about it. You're reading along, what the MC says makes sense, and then KABLOOIE, the condemning footprint couldn't have belonged to the postman, or the dead guys isn't really dead, or that chandlery isn't just a cover for a bad guy on the run - it's a smuggling ring too, or the man who everyone thought was the father of the illegitimate son is actually covering for the real father, or the MC has two potential villains to follow, and she picks the wrong one.
Or, you're reading along, what the MC makes sense, and what do you know? She's right. She's so clever. She followed the right guy, and fit every clue together perfectly, and thanks to her, the bad guys will rot in jail for eternity.
Which is more fun to read? The first.
Readers like being proved wrong (as long as the new explanation makes sense). Or they like figuring out the true meaning of the clues before the MC, and being proved right. Either way, proving the MC wrong will throw him/her for a loop, and make the story that much more interesting.
As a side note, characters with secrets are an excellent way to prove the MC wrong. Henry lied, and the MC believed him, or Agnes told the MC the truth, and he/she didn't believe her. The MC builds an idea around what s/he believes, and then POP goes that idea, and in the soap suds of its death, a new idea is born, and this one is one step closer to the truth.
What do you think? Feel free to debate and expound upon this idea. I'd love to hear your input.
And a good night/day/afternoon/morning/whatever to you.
Why? you ask? Because my friends, that makes for plot twists of awesome.
Think about it. You're reading along, what the MC says makes sense, and then KABLOOIE, the condemning footprint couldn't have belonged to the postman, or the dead guys isn't really dead, or that chandlery isn't just a cover for a bad guy on the run - it's a smuggling ring too, or the man who everyone thought was the father of the illegitimate son is actually covering for the real father, or the MC has two potential villains to follow, and she picks the wrong one.
Or, you're reading along, what the MC makes sense, and what do you know? She's right. She's so clever. She followed the right guy, and fit every clue together perfectly, and thanks to her, the bad guys will rot in jail for eternity.
Which is more fun to read? The first.
Readers like being proved wrong (as long as the new explanation makes sense). Or they like figuring out the true meaning of the clues before the MC, and being proved right. Either way, proving the MC wrong will throw him/her for a loop, and make the story that much more interesting.
As a side note, characters with secrets are an excellent way to prove the MC wrong. Henry lied, and the MC believed him, or Agnes told the MC the truth, and he/she didn't believe her. The MC builds an idea around what s/he believes, and then POP goes that idea, and in the soap suds of its death, a new idea is born, and this one is one step closer to the truth.
What do you think? Feel free to debate and expound upon this idea. I'd love to hear your input.
And a good night/day/afternoon/morning/whatever to you.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Character Texting
A couple weeks ago, while I was reinventing Lizzie's parents, I discovered a new method of brainstorming. Okay, so maybe someone else thought of it before I did, but it was new to me. This method is what I like to call "Character Texting". You essentially have a texting conversation with your character. I do this through a Word doc. The way I started Character Texting was I randomly typed the sentence "Okay, Mrs. Evans, what will you be?" into the Word doc I was putting all her character info in. Then she responded. And we got a little conversation going. I find this method to be much more productive than staring at the computer and thinking. "Do I want her to be a realtor? A interior designer? A jelly maker?" and only typing it down once I've decided. Through Character Texting I can ask her what she wants to be, and get her opinion. Also, it kills two nargles with one stone, since I also get insight as to how she would say things. Sure, I'm texting someone who doesn't exist and asking them what they want to be and looking at how they see the world, but it works. And instead of thinking of her as part of me (she's MY character), I think about her as her own person, and she becomes more of herself. Yeah, it's crazy and a bit schizophrenic, but I'm beginning to think that no really good fiction can come from someone entirely sane.
To give you an example of how I Character Text, I shall hold a brief conversation with Lizzie (a teen sleuth and main character in my WIP).
Me: Lizzie. You need a motive.
Liz: Yes, I know. I'm kinda pathetic in my story at the moment. What happened to the subplot you had going with Joe? I was looking forward to meeting a character who carved coffins for a living. Especially since he was dating my sister, and I could tease her about it.
Me: I decided not to do it. But I am saving it for a later story. Besides, it didn't really give you a motive anyway. It could have worked for Lainie, but not for you.
Liz: True. I think I cooperate with the police too much.
Me: Agreed. Maybe I ought to give you your own lead to follow.
Liz: That could work. Which lead? One that's in the story already, or a new one? And am I right or wrong?
Me: I don't know. I think having you be partially right would be fun.
Liz: Yeah, for you.
Me: And the readers.
Liz: Sigh.
Me: Sigh... ya know, if I spelled that Sygh, it'd be a good name. Or maybe Syghe....
Liz: Solston to Lily! Can we please stay in my story world?
Me: Yeah, sorry. I like having you be partially right. Maybe you misinterpret a piece of evidence.
Liz: That could work. But the question still remains: New lead, or old lead?
Me: Hmm. I never piled any good evidence against the actual bad guys, and the police certainly don't have enough reason to follow them....
Liz: But you could fix that. I'm not sure I want to follow the real bad guys. I don't like them.
Me: Do you like any of the bad guys?
Liz: Well, no. But I really don't like them. They're kinda...scary. You don't show that in the story, but I've been in your head long enough to know what they're like. You had talked about my motive being a combination of hyper curiosity and a strong sense of justice, and if you stick with that, I need to follow a lead that is more puzzling and intriguing than scary. You have to make me want to solve the mystery. I like solving puzzles, so give me a puzzle to solve.
Me: The whole story is a puzzle.
Liz: Yeah, but all I do, especially in the latter half of the story is say "Oh, look, this evidence goes here. I better call the police! I overheard something that might solve the mystery, I better call the police!" Over, and over, and over again. I hate to say it, Lil, but story-me is BORING! She's a good citizen, sure, but she's boring.
Me: I hadn't looked at it like that. But I want you to be an admirable character.
Liz: There are ways of making me admirable the way you want me to be without making me boring....
There's more to this conversation, but it got kinda long. I started typing and Lizzie got vocal. It really helped with my story.
What do you think of Character Texting? Give it a try and let me know how it works out!
To give you an example of how I Character Text, I shall hold a brief conversation with Lizzie (a teen sleuth and main character in my WIP).
Me: Lizzie. You need a motive.
Liz: Yes, I know. I'm kinda pathetic in my story at the moment. What happened to the subplot you had going with Joe? I was looking forward to meeting a character who carved coffins for a living. Especially since he was dating my sister, and I could tease her about it.
Me: I decided not to do it. But I am saving it for a later story. Besides, it didn't really give you a motive anyway. It could have worked for Lainie, but not for you.
Liz: True. I think I cooperate with the police too much.
Me: Agreed. Maybe I ought to give you your own lead to follow.
Liz: That could work. Which lead? One that's in the story already, or a new one? And am I right or wrong?
Me: I don't know. I think having you be partially right would be fun.
Liz: Yeah, for you.
Me: And the readers.
Liz: Sigh.
Me: Sigh... ya know, if I spelled that Sygh, it'd be a good name. Or maybe Syghe....
Liz: Solston to Lily! Can we please stay in my story world?
Me: Yeah, sorry. I like having you be partially right. Maybe you misinterpret a piece of evidence.
Liz: That could work. But the question still remains: New lead, or old lead?
Me: Hmm. I never piled any good evidence against the actual bad guys, and the police certainly don't have enough reason to follow them....
Liz: But you could fix that. I'm not sure I want to follow the real bad guys. I don't like them.
Me: Do you like any of the bad guys?
Liz: Well, no. But I really don't like them. They're kinda...scary. You don't show that in the story, but I've been in your head long enough to know what they're like. You had talked about my motive being a combination of hyper curiosity and a strong sense of justice, and if you stick with that, I need to follow a lead that is more puzzling and intriguing than scary. You have to make me want to solve the mystery. I like solving puzzles, so give me a puzzle to solve.
Me: The whole story is a puzzle.
Liz: Yeah, but all I do, especially in the latter half of the story is say "Oh, look, this evidence goes here. I better call the police! I overheard something that might solve the mystery, I better call the police!" Over, and over, and over again. I hate to say it, Lil, but story-me is BORING! She's a good citizen, sure, but she's boring.
Me: I hadn't looked at it like that. But I want you to be an admirable character.
Liz: There are ways of making me admirable the way you want me to be without making me boring....
There's more to this conversation, but it got kinda long. I started typing and Lizzie got vocal. It really helped with my story.
What do you think of Character Texting? Give it a try and let me know how it works out!
Thursday, June 14, 2012
DLYCW June - Chad Kintz
This time for Dress Like Your Character Week, I dressed up like my character Chad Kintz from my work in progress The Black Cat Diamond: a Lizzie Evans mystery. Chad is Lizzie's brother's best friend, and a graffiti artist. (See this post for an interview with him).
This outfit was much simpler than the one for Tori was. All it consisted of was jeans, the paint splattered shirt (Chad probably wouldn't wear that color, but the design went with the whole graffiti artist thing), and the baseball hat.
My hair was the trickiest part. I had it up in a ponytail and then flipped it up toward my face so that I got that spiky look. It kept slipping, as you can see, but it worked in the end.
And of course Chad is not a girl.
I didn't really get any insight into Chad's psyche, but for some reason I got an idea of how he smiles. And no, I did not manage to get a photograph of it.
Well, I think that's about it. Be sure to check for other DLYCW post this week!
My hair was the trickiest part. I had it up in a ponytail and then flipped it up toward my face so that I got that spiky look. It kept slipping, as you can see, but it worked in the end.And of course Chad is not a girl.
I didn't really get any insight into Chad's psyche, but for some reason I got an idea of how he smiles. And no, I did not manage to get a photograph of it.
Well, I think that's about it. Be sure to check for other DLYCW post this week!
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Teens Can Write, Too! May Blog Chain
Today is my turn to post for the Teens Can Write, Too! May blog chain. In case you couldn't figure that out from the title of this post.
This month's prompt is "Why do you write?"
Hmm. This one's a toughie.
I write because I love it. And because my head would probably explode from idea overload if I didn't write my ideas down. Mostly because I love it.
When I was little, being a published author was one of the first things I wanted to be, if memory serves me correctly. I think it was the first Harry Potter book that inspired me to be an author. Did I write anything back then? No. I dreamed up story ideas, told them to my sister as bedtime stories, but nothing ever really made it onto paper or a Word doc. The first story I started writing I actually created as an attempt to get out of writing a book report when I was twelve(ish). Mom didn't go for it. (For those of you who don't know and didn't read my bio, I'm homeschooled. This means my homework is somewhat negotiable. Be jealous.) Even though that didn't work, I kept writing the story. I'm not sure what motivated me. Then my mom turned finishing it into homework, and thus the very first version of Lizzie Evans and the Black Cat Diamond was born. I wrote the sequel between January of 2010 and July of last year, and rewrote the Black Cat Diamond for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month. Known to the rest of humanity as November) last year. NaNoWriMo is what turned writing into a necessary bodily function for me. I negotiated for less homework during the month of November, and wrote from lunch to dinner all month. It. Was. Heaven. I wish every month was November. I've been thinking about writing a parody on Taylor Swift's song "Back to December", and changing it to "Back to November."
I think that's all I've got to say for this post, other than "be sure to check out the rest of the blog chain!", and "did anyone else catch the Doctor Who references in Inheritance by Christopher Paolini?" I think there was one in Brisingr too. That has nothing to do with this post, but I was curious.
This month's prompt is "Why do you write?"
Hmm. This one's a toughie.
I write because I love it. And because my head would probably explode from idea overload if I didn't write my ideas down. Mostly because I love it.
When I was little, being a published author was one of the first things I wanted to be, if memory serves me correctly. I think it was the first Harry Potter book that inspired me to be an author. Did I write anything back then? No. I dreamed up story ideas, told them to my sister as bedtime stories, but nothing ever really made it onto paper or a Word doc. The first story I started writing I actually created as an attempt to get out of writing a book report when I was twelve(ish). Mom didn't go for it. (For those of you who don't know and didn't read my bio, I'm homeschooled. This means my homework is somewhat negotiable. Be jealous.) Even though that didn't work, I kept writing the story. I'm not sure what motivated me. Then my mom turned finishing it into homework, and thus the very first version of Lizzie Evans and the Black Cat Diamond was born. I wrote the sequel between January of 2010 and July of last year, and rewrote the Black Cat Diamond for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month. Known to the rest of humanity as November) last year. NaNoWriMo is what turned writing into a necessary bodily function for me. I negotiated for less homework during the month of November, and wrote from lunch to dinner all month. It. Was. Heaven. I wish every month was November. I've been thinking about writing a parody on Taylor Swift's song "Back to December", and changing it to "Back to November."
I think that's all I've got to say for this post, other than "be sure to check out the rest of the blog chain!", and "did anyone else catch the Doctor Who references in Inheritance by Christopher Paolini?" I think there was one in Brisingr too. That has nothing to do with this post, but I was curious.
(Sorry about the white background again. I don't know what the deal is.)
Want to follow our blog tour? Here are the
participating parties, day by day
May 5–http://towerofplot.blogspot.com–The
Leaning Tower of Plot
May 6–http://correctingpenswelcome.wordpress.com–Comfy
Sweaters, Writing and Fish
May 7–http://cassidymarierizzo.wordpress.com–Cassidy
Marie Rizzo
May 8–http://insideliamsbrain.wordpress.com–This
Page Intentionally Left Blank
May 9–http://weirdalocity.wordpress.com–You
Didn’t Really Need To Know This…
May 10–http://inklinedwriters.blogspot.com–Inklined
May 11–http://thewordasylum.wordpress.com–The
Word Asylum
May 12–http://lilyjenness.blogspot.com–Lily’s
Notes In The Margins
May 13–http://laughablog.wordpress.com–The
Zebra Clan
May 14–http://planetaryelastic.blogspot.com–Tangential
Bemusings
May 15–http://realityisimaginary.blogspot.com–Reality
Is Imaginary
May 16–http://otherrandomthings.wordpress.com–Dragons,
Unicorns And Other Random Things
May 17–http://lonelyrecluse.wordpress.com–The
Lonely Recluse
May 18–http://delorfinde.wordpress.com–A
Farewell To Sanity
May 19–http://incessantdroningofaboredwriter.wordpress.com–The
Incessant Droning Of A Bored Writer
May 20–http://allegradavis.wordpress.com–All
I Need Is A Keyboard
May 21–http://teenscanwritetoo.wordpress.com–Teens
Can Write Too! (We will be announcing the topic for next month’s chain)
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Taking the Axe to Juliet
I've decided to cut out almost all the romance in my novel. I can just hear my friend Beryllium Potassium (not her real name) gasping in horror. Don't worry, Beryllium Dearest, it's not gone for good. It will come back. Most likely. If not, I promise to write you a romance in the future.
My motives are thus: as is, Lizzie (my main character)'s relationship with her boyfriend can't move forward without them getting engaged (which would mess things up). It will be much better if I start them out as good friends, and slowly progress them toward boyfriend/girlfriend. This will add more to the plot and to character development. Plus, the boyfriend, Jim, is REALLY boring. And he doesn't really have a good place in the story. He's basically there just to be Lizzie's boyfriend. It's kinda like the Doctor Who episode where Donna gets "saved" into the big computer thing in the Library, and her "children" tell her "when you're not here, it's like we just...stop." That's what happens to Jim. If Lizzie isn't with him or thinking about him (which, come to think of it, she doesn't really. I'll need to fix that), Jim just stops existing. The guy needs a life of his own, and this way it will be easier for me to give it to him.
I could have their relationship move backward, make them fight, miscommunicate, etc. But who wants to read a story where the characters are so insecure they won't just break up already? Or accept/work out their problems and move on? Not I, my friends, not I. Plus, since I intend to make this novel the first of a series, I will have loads of time to develop the characters and progress the romance. And the longer I take to make them romantic, the more time I have to have my own romantic experiences (that's a scary thought) and therefore I will know what I'm talking about.
I am somewhat saddened to see the romance go, but am mostly relieved. The romance was the most awkward thing in the novel, and everything will be better if the romance goes on vacation. And, for some reason, now that I have something to remove, editing doesn't seem so bad now. I think what bugged me about it before was that I was just rereading, and I had no exact purpose. Now I have a purpose. A mission. A dragon to slay. Scratch that, I like dragons. Anyway, editing isn't so daunting anymore.
Enjoy your day, and if anyone sees Editors Block, tell him his days are numbered.
My motives are thus: as is, Lizzie (my main character)'s relationship with her boyfriend can't move forward without them getting engaged (which would mess things up). It will be much better if I start them out as good friends, and slowly progress them toward boyfriend/girlfriend. This will add more to the plot and to character development. Plus, the boyfriend, Jim, is REALLY boring. And he doesn't really have a good place in the story. He's basically there just to be Lizzie's boyfriend. It's kinda like the Doctor Who episode where Donna gets "saved" into the big computer thing in the Library, and her "children" tell her "when you're not here, it's like we just...stop." That's what happens to Jim. If Lizzie isn't with him or thinking about him (which, come to think of it, she doesn't really. I'll need to fix that), Jim just stops existing. The guy needs a life of his own, and this way it will be easier for me to give it to him.
I could have their relationship move backward, make them fight, miscommunicate, etc. But who wants to read a story where the characters are so insecure they won't just break up already? Or accept/work out their problems and move on? Not I, my friends, not I. Plus, since I intend to make this novel the first of a series, I will have loads of time to develop the characters and progress the romance. And the longer I take to make them romantic, the more time I have to have my own romantic experiences (that's a scary thought) and therefore I will know what I'm talking about.
I am somewhat saddened to see the romance go, but am mostly relieved. The romance was the most awkward thing in the novel, and everything will be better if the romance goes on vacation. And, for some reason, now that I have something to remove, editing doesn't seem so bad now. I think what bugged me about it before was that I was just rereading, and I had no exact purpose. Now I have a purpose. A mission. A dragon to slay. Scratch that, I like dragons. Anyway, editing isn't so daunting anymore.
Enjoy your day, and if anyone sees Editors Block, tell him his days are numbered.
Friday, March 9, 2012
An Interview With a Graffiti Artist
Oh, this is going to be fun!
The character I chose is Chad Kintz, from my Lizzie Evans story. Chad is Lizzie's brother's best friend, and a graffiti artist. You'll find out more about him in a minute.
For this interview, I decided to set up a situation in which Chad is being interviewed by Albert Fishguy, a reporter from the local newspaper, for an article about teen artists.
Albert Fishguy: *Pulls out notebook and pencil* For starters, tell me a little about yourself.
Chad Kintz: I'm Chad Kintz, Outdoor Art Wizard Specializing in Aerosol Borne Pigment...
AF: Excuse me?
CK: It's my title.
AF: Okay...
CK: I'm in 11th grade, and I attend school at my kitchen table.
AF: What?
CK: I'm a homeschooled Junior.
AF: Oh.
CK: I do all the posters and artwork for the local band Sonic Sardoodledom. I think that color is underrated, and that most common graffiti is an insult to the world of artistic expression.
AF: That actually brings up my next question. One of the other kids I interviewed said you don't consider your art to be graffiti. Is this true?
CK: Yes. Graffiti and what I do are similar, but different. Graffiti is words and weird scribblings on abandoned buildings and train cars, and is generally an eye sore. I do that too, but my words actually mean something. I don't write "Jenny heart's Reginald" or "Kitty Katz R Kute". I quote Shakespeare. I paint really out-there words like "Graviloquence", "Hymnicide" and "Whifflery" and include the definitions. If I can find a good spot, sometimes I'll do a really colorful mural. Like the one I did of the ship The Anteloper. My art is not an eyesore.
AF: What's an example of some of your best work?
CK: The dragon I painted on the water tower, hands down.
AF: That was you?
CK: Yep. I meant to make the scales glow-in-the-dark, but... something came up.
AF: What is your favorite medium?
CK: Spray paint. That's why my title says "Specializing In Aerosol Borne Pigment". Old stop signs are good too. Like the ones that have been hit by semi. Those are fun.
AF: Where do you get your inspiration from?
CK: Various places. Sometimes a lyric in a song will inspire an image, sometimes I'll find a new word. Facebook is a good place for inspiration too. And sometimes even homework is inspiring.
AF: What else did you do besides graff-- I meant art?
CK: Well, I do lots of homework, I hang out with my friends, *thinks "I answer stupid questions"*, the usual.
AF: *Closes notebook* Thank you for your time, Chad. I'll let you know when the article is published. *He leaves*
CK: *Pulls out cellphone and texts to best friend "Interview over. Next mural will be of a clown fish with a notebook."*
Do you have a question for Chad? Don't hesitate to ask! (Thanks, Oliver Dahl for this idea!)
Do you wish to follow this chain of awesomeness? Here's a schedule of where it goes!
March 5 — http://kirstenwrites.wordpress.com — Kirsten Writes!
March 6 — http://www.maybeteenauthor.blogspot.com/ – Struggles Of A (Maybe) Teen Author
March 7 — http://insideliamsbrain.wordpress.com –This Page Intentionally Left Blank
March 8 — http://www.thedreamersadventures.blogspot.com/ – The Dreamers Adventures
March 9 — http://lilyjenness.blogspot.com — Lily’s Notes in the Margins
March 10 — http://www.journeyofascholar.blogspot.com/ – A Box of Letters and a Cup of English Tea
March 11– http://weirdalocity.wordpress.com –From My Head
March 12 — http://thewordasylum.wordpress.com –The Word Asylum
March 13 — http://oyeahwrite.wordpress.com –Oh Yeah, Write!
March 14 — http://delorfinde.wordpress.com/ – A Farewell To Sanity
March 15 — http://noveljourneys.wordpress.com — Novel Journeys
March 16 — http://correctingpenswelcome.wordpress.com — Comfy Sweaters, Writing and Fish
March 17 — http://oopswasthatoutloud.wordpress.com/ – Oops Was That Loud?
March 18 — http://herestous.wordpress.com — Here’s To Us
March 19 — http://incessantdroningofaboredwriter.wordpress.com — The Incessant Droning of a Bored Writer
March 20 — http://teenscanwritetoo.wordpress.com –Teens Can Write Too! (We will be announcing the topic for next month’s chain)
Also, this was my 25th post. Yay!
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Sonic...?
In my Lizzie Evans series, Lizzie's brother, Tyler, is in a band. I
spent hours (okay, maybe not quite that long) trying to come up with a name for
them, be it by playing on a band name generator
or by coming up with something on my own. (Here's my favorite band name generator, it has this box where you can insert a word that you know you want in your band name, and it will create a name that uses that word. I used the word 'sonic' a lot.) Here are some of the names I found
on the generator:
Charming Fractured
Snapped Celluloid
Redefined December
Defunct Intermission and the Daddies
Starry Cheese
Cobalt on the Voltage
Fellow Envelope
Noodle Mirror
Insane Blimp of the Stuck Wallet
Swollen Sonic and the Bladder Marshmallow
Sonic of the Refried Trial
Sonic Analogy of the Starry Country
Sonic of the Timely Cannibal
Evidence Buzz
Opposition Obvious
The Alloy Havoc
Missile of the Advancing Tenderloin
Flamboyant Newcomer Of The Self-inflicted Tofu
Glazed Sonic Doughnuts (Actually, this one was just 'Glazed Sonic', and I added 'Doughnuts')
Yeah. Weird. In some cases hilarious. And those were just an example.
Then I found a name, and I fell in love with it. It was Sonic Aftermath. I know, it's weird, but go do a Google search for the top 40 new bands of 2011 and take a gander at those names.
[insert you doing said Google search here]
Yeah, there's seriously a band called Yuck.
However, my time with Sonic Aftermath was short lived. I did a Google search for it and found out that there's already something called Sonic Aftermath; an RPG website forum thing. I was bummed. I had thought that was the perfect name, and I couldn't use it. (The same thing happened to me with Lizzie's favorite ice cream parlor and chocolate shop. I'll have blog posts about my naming adventures with them sometime soonish.) Here are some of the results I got from the generator while looking for a replacement:
Sonic Chronic
Large Sonic Of The Ice-cold Vanity
Sonic Pumpkin
Sonic Howdy
Seashell Of Sonic
Lethal Sonic
Recycled Sonic
Sonic pasta sauce
Shutdown Of The Sonic Coconut
Sonic Hologram
Weathered Exhaust Of The Bound Scum
Jugs Before Explosion
Jingle Gateway
Proactive Feather
Cheese Of The Minority
Skillet Of The Tired Resin
Exploding Bungle
Ravioli Square
Fifteen Fuzz
Cohesive Grimace
Poisonous Foil
Quasi Smack And The Primary Talk
Frisky Crow And The Ethereal Management
In the end, the replacement I got was not one suggested by the generator. I Googled lists of cool words, and found the perfect word to pair with 'sonic': Sardoodledom. Sonic Sardoodledom. Sardoodledom refers to a play that has an overly contrived and melodramatic plot. It doesn't really fit with 'sonic', but it sounds great, and it's a lot better than some of those real band's names. Now I just have to go back through my manuscript and add or change a scene so that it says that Sonic Sardoodledom is Tyler's band's name.
One band name idea I didn't mention earlier was acronyms. There's an acronym generator made by the same people who made that band name generator. I have a ton of acronyms for the word 'sonic'. I may do a post on them later.
(Just out of curiosity, did any of you see the title of this post and automatically insert the word "screwdriver"?)
Charming Fractured
Snapped Celluloid
Redefined December
Defunct Intermission and the Daddies
Starry Cheese
Cobalt on the Voltage
Fellow Envelope
Noodle Mirror
Insane Blimp of the Stuck Wallet
Swollen Sonic and the Bladder Marshmallow
Sonic of the Refried Trial
Sonic Analogy of the Starry Country
Sonic of the Timely Cannibal
Evidence Buzz
Opposition Obvious
The Alloy Havoc
Missile of the Advancing Tenderloin
Flamboyant Newcomer Of The Self-inflicted Tofu
Glazed Sonic Doughnuts (Actually, this one was just 'Glazed Sonic', and I added 'Doughnuts')
Yeah. Weird. In some cases hilarious. And those were just an example.
Then I found a name, and I fell in love with it. It was Sonic Aftermath. I know, it's weird, but go do a Google search for the top 40 new bands of 2011 and take a gander at those names.
[insert you doing said Google search here]
Yeah, there's seriously a band called Yuck.
However, my time with Sonic Aftermath was short lived. I did a Google search for it and found out that there's already something called Sonic Aftermath; an RPG website forum thing. I was bummed. I had thought that was the perfect name, and I couldn't use it. (The same thing happened to me with Lizzie's favorite ice cream parlor and chocolate shop. I'll have blog posts about my naming adventures with them sometime soonish.) Here are some of the results I got from the generator while looking for a replacement:
Sonic Chronic
Large Sonic Of The Ice-cold Vanity
Sonic Pumpkin
Sonic Howdy
Seashell Of Sonic
Lethal Sonic
Recycled Sonic
Sonic pasta sauce
Shutdown Of The Sonic Coconut
Sonic Hologram
Weathered Exhaust Of The Bound Scum
Jugs Before Explosion
Jingle Gateway
Proactive Feather
Cheese Of The Minority
Skillet Of The Tired Resin
Exploding Bungle
Ravioli Square
Fifteen Fuzz
Cohesive Grimace
Poisonous Foil
Quasi Smack And The Primary Talk
Frisky Crow And The Ethereal Management
In the end, the replacement I got was not one suggested by the generator. I Googled lists of cool words, and found the perfect word to pair with 'sonic': Sardoodledom. Sonic Sardoodledom. Sardoodledom refers to a play that has an overly contrived and melodramatic plot. It doesn't really fit with 'sonic', but it sounds great, and it's a lot better than some of those real band's names. Now I just have to go back through my manuscript and add or change a scene so that it says that Sonic Sardoodledom is Tyler's band's name.
One band name idea I didn't mention earlier was acronyms. There's an acronym generator made by the same people who made that band name generator. I have a ton of acronyms for the word 'sonic'. I may do a post on them later.
(Just out of curiosity, did any of you see the title of this post and automatically insert the word "screwdriver"?)
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