Character
What is their name? Their date of birth, favorite colour, childhood pet... the questions go on. There are templates available to help fill out the details about your character but sometimes they can be rather long. One was fourteen pages long. Perhaps you are the type to write all fourteen pages to create a fully fleshed out character. Or perhaps you are the type to fly by the seats of your pants: start with the basics and as you write the story comes alive and your character gets revealed layer by layer.
Character NamesImagine you're trying to figure out a character's first name for a science fiction or fantasy genre and google keeps giving you lists or suggestions like George, Kyle or Brad. Not really what you're going for is it? Here is a fantastic resource to exploring names from across the globe. You will never want for another resource. Personally we love that you can search by meaning of the name to add that much more detail for your character. Especially if you're interested in the notion that a person's identity or personality is tied to their name.
"Imagine having a limitless list of baby names to choose from. How does that sound? MomJunction brings its vast collection, in all senses of that word, of 70,000+ baby names at your disposal. But so many names would mean so much confusion, right? So, why not use the filters to choose a name from our baby name finder? We provide names from every origin you could possibly think of and with an overabundance of cultures to choose from. Our filters are quite simple, really. You either pick a name with a certain letter or you just apply very refined filters (namely – country, religion, origin, language, etc.) and then choose a name. In filters too, you get to pick your favorite letter. Spoilt for choice? Why wouldn't you be! Go ahead and name your baby!" This link is specifically for helping you find your character's surname aka last name. You can search by beginning letter, filter by origin or of course by meaning. Here is the link to the submitted surnames by users which is supplementary to the main database.
List of Most Common Surnames in Europe (Wiki) |
Character TropesThis specifically the link to TV Tropes Character Database. Here you can find common character tropes from Always Female to Youngsters. Then each of the main tropes is broken down to specific sub-tropes where you will find examples from television and manga.
Character PersonalityClick the image above to a list of resources based on Myers Briggs Personality
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