Editing Newsletter/July 2006 (section)

=== How do you come up with the names for your characters? === 
* I just try to find something really different that prolly nobody else would ever even consider! -[[herbalsheila]]

* Guess work really, just something that sounds & feels right for the character [[User:Dolphin20pl1|Alan]]

* Each one has a different story. -- [[User:KevinSchram|Kevin Schram]]

* I name them after my different personalities.... Muahahaha -- [[User:dragonman-clone|Dragonman-clone]]

* My major characters (the possible SPC ones) are from a short story I wrote over five years ago that went no-where. The major protagonists were [[Lewis Nymes]], [[Elenor Night]] and [[James Hudson]]. All of these are now part of ST:F. A fourth character has been adapted to fit, originally "Alex Martyn" - now a Bajoran "Matyn". My NPC's follow on from this, and a bit of guesswork to get them sounding right! -- [[User:Nymes|GC]]

*I just say, hey, what name is cool in my mind and bamm there they come from. -- [[User:Peluche|Will Banowsky]]

* To be honest. Im not very good at making up names. Its my one weakness... Nooo.. LOL! I usually use names of things around me OR mix the names of my friends :) LOL... -- [[Jono Bradley]]

* Usually the name comes to me first, and then the character to fit it. Sometimes it's the other way around, but mostly the name first. --[[User:Rivers|Liz Geuken]]

* Depends on the species mostly. Different species, different methods. -- [[User:VulcanTrekkie45|VulcanTrekkie45]]

* Books and websites on baby names; phone books; research on naming practices in cultures similar to the one my character is from; purpose-made role-playing resources; and the occasional direct lift from a favorite novel. --[[GrannyGM]]