Inneresting 71
issue 71
October 8th, 2021
Pleased to meet you: Naming characters
On the blog, John talks about How Arlo Finch got his name, walking you through his decisions about meaning and rhythm.
Dictionary.com put together the story behind the names of several famous fictional characters, including Sherlock Holmes and Hermione Granger.
You can start your own deep dive into name etymology at Behind the Name.
Blog The Thirteenth Depository features an expansive list of inspirations for character names in the Wheel of Time Series.
If you want to feel intimidated by the sheer amount of names in some worlds, here’s an attempt to map the relationships of every character in the Star Wars universe.
Sometimes not choosing a name is an option: Andrew Lowry shares a list of twenty films with unnamed protagonists.
Should’ve turned left at Albuquerque: Picking place names
Start with a primer on toponymy, the study of place names and their origins.
Map Effects lays out a suggested process for creating place names for fantasy worlds.
Mithril and Mages has a number of random generators, including a Modern City Block Generator if you need a jumping off point to plan a location.
Highland How-To: When you find (and replace) a better name
If you have a character name or location name that is spelled incorrectly, or that you wish to change throughout your document, use Find & Replace (⌘ Command + ⌥ Option + F or Edit > Find > Find & Replace).
With character names, make sure that you search with the Ignore Case checkbox turned off, so that you’re able to find all of the ALL CAPS versions of the name used in dialogue cues, as well as any Standard Proper Noun versions throughout your document.
Once a character name is no longer used as part of any lines of dialogue, Highland 2 will stop suggested it when using auto-complete.
For more tips on how to get the most out of Highland 2, check out our Knowledge Base!
Other Cool Things
Amy Hoy suggests the concept of the blog and building tools for reverse-chronological posting broke the web.
Elisabeth Geier reflects on high school crushes and Grosse Pointe Blank.
Anand Giridharadas critiques the outsourcing of fixing public problems to billionaire and corporate philanthropy.
And that’s what’s inneresting this week!
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