Always Write discussion

Are you struggling to figure out what your story will be about? Do you need help deciding something? Ask here and we’ll all try to help!

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hi i need help writing a book about epilepsy and the main characters bffs nanes

I need help with my characters, they feel... Dull?

I can help! (once you're on, obviously). Which characters?

Does anyone have any rare, classic names? Girl or boy. I ALWAYS struggle with names

Hazel, Braxton

I have a list of names that are fairly uncommon if you want me to copy and paste into here.
I might not be able to do it yet though because I've gotta go in less than 5 mins

McLeran?

Thanksss guys!! So do you guys have any just classic, not modern or weird names

one sec, lemme copy and past my list

Lilly-May
Aggie
Josie
Addisyn
Sabrina
Funmilayo
Kristen
Ramneet
Violet
Oyindamola
Lydia
Demi
Olivia-Rose
Chantai
Jayden
Maheen
Cathy
Kulsuma
Emily
Aseya
Christy
Mireia
Cheryl
Alexa-Grace
Rishi
Areeba
Jamal
Esme-Grace
Saoirse
Callie-Rae
Aisling
Chenille
Alix
Lee
Raja
Yasin
Roisin
Kira
Zainab
Alexander
Arun
Ross
Eldrin
Albert
Tarathiel
Owain
Velma
Travis
Heather
Taylor
Kara
Harold
Morgan
Keaton
Valentina
Timothy
Maximus
Henry
Ismail
Evangeline
Inaya
Muhammad
Pola
Rufus
Sullivan
Ellis
Harley
Scott
Ariel
Maximilian
Syed
Nathaniel
Cole
Hamzah
Alfie
Yahya
Armaan
John
Ying
Luis
Moe
Suniya

Yep, it deleted my spaces

fixed it

I used a name generator for all of them and set it on "uncommon"

Cool!

Rakibul wrote: "E the Phoenix wrote: "I used a name generator for all of them and set it on "uncommon""

I'm just tellin that those names r muslim names nd if u use them in story.. then u have to use a muslim pers..."

Okay, thanks for letting me know! Also, I don't think that that's necessarily true...especially if it's set in a different world, like a fantasy world, where the earthen ethnicities are not really present there. which is sort of how it is in the story I'm writing right now.

Rakibul wrote: "E the Phoenix wrote: "I used a name generator for all of them and set it on "uncommon""

I'm just tellin that those names r muslim names nd if u use them in story.. then u have to use a muslim pers..."

Hm. Well I've read a few books with those names in them and none of them had Muslim personalities.
A really common old-fashioned name is Emma, Lucy is another one, Susan.
For men there's Wallace, Charles, Peter, Edmund, Reginald.

Thank you guys so much!!! This helps a lot

;)

Oh thanks

Ha ha, pretty sure that Potatos actually uses that method.

hey I need a fictional world but with no monster or anything I need it to be free of people and be like an escape and a safe haven but I will use it in an actual book with my friend and I so don't put too much effort and stuff also copyright reasons just give me stuff that I can do to make me feel inspired or something

just write down a bunch of words that describe what you want it to be, just any words. then take them and make a comprehensible description. (I do that for coming up with book idead)

ideas*

I just start writing. The project I'm working on started as a collaboration with my friend. We started it very cliché, but it has evolved. But at the time, we would write one chapter of our version, get together and revise, then write the next chapter. When we started, we knew hardly anything about the book but each chapter we wrote gave us more ideas.

thanks everyone

Have you tried using name generators? I use them a lot to look for names.

I usually use this one for first, middle, last names: https://www.name-generator.org.uk/

This one is for fantasy names and you can find names for all sorts of creatures like elves, dwarves, etc. and names for cities, towns, countries. I believe you can find normal names as well but there's a lot of choices for what ethnicity the name should be from so it's sort of confusing. https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/

No problem! I hope that helps!

Okay so

there's one character in my book that I'm renaming

and I can't decide between the names Caliope and Ariah

Hmm....what's their personality?

She's twelve years old, but she acts a lot older, and she's super quiet. I'm also considering making her mute, because she's a bit too perfect right now. ((Her name's Luna, she was given to me by a friend))

I vote Ariah. It sounds like a quieter name than Caliope. I don't know, it just sounds like it fits better. But of course this is completely your choice--that's just my opinion!

Alright guys I'm trying to think of a word but I'm totally blanking.
You know when in books they say, "less than ___ circumstances"? Like, when something happens that is good or something goes well even though it was under "less than ___ circumstances"? I can't think of that word!!! It's driving me crazy, if anyone knows what word I'm talking about please answer! I currently have the word "adequate" in there but it just doesn't sound right! It's on the tip of my tongue, I keep remembering it for a second and then forgetting.

Hmmm...I don't think that's exactly the right word but thanks for trying!

desired? ö

Ahh, I think I got it! I'm pretty sure that ideal is the word I want to use here. Thank you for the help though, guys! I really appreciate it!

less than great?

WAIT! TELL ME THE WORD! Now it's driving m e crazy!!!!!

(Also, Dagger, I vote Ariah!)

"less than perfect circumstances"?

Hi , I'm writing a kind of satire book about YA.
Like gathering all the stereotypical things and making it into one book.
Do you know any commonly used tropes in YA?
I already got this:
(I'll copy and paste it)

Generic YA Book Has:



A Girl

Who is not like other girls (she’s special)?

She has Daddy Issues

Has a troubled past (preferably a death but an abusive mother will also do)

Doesn’t know she’s beautiful (a boy will have to tell her)

She’s so cool she stands up for people

Has Perfect hair and Captivating eyes (green or blue because no other eye colour exists)

But has a bland personality



A Boy

He’s a Bad boy with a troubled past

Always handsome and has special eyes (this is mentioned in every other sentence)

Pursues after girl even after she says no (because he can’t seem to get away from her captivating eyes)

He would be considered a stalker in any other situation but he’s way to handsome for that (plus it’s love)

Has perfectly messy hair

Rides a Harley and has a leather jacket (why wouldn’t he)

But has a bland personality



A Plot:

That’s so bad it’s almost non-existent

Very generic and predictable

Bad writing

Probably written by a teenage girl



Sentences like these:

Her eyes (insert random adjective)

His hair (insert random adjective)

I pull her close to me

The wind swept passed my hair

My heart was beating so fast

Gosh her hair smelt like flowers or anything else

My heart was breaking



Conclusion:

They’ll probably make a movie about this.