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Community => Links => Topic started by: Hi no Seijin on April 17, 2008, 01:22:33 PM

Title: Websites to Help Writers
Post by: Hi no Seijin on April 17, 2008, 01:22:33 PM
So, fellow writers, one of the major aspects of writing fiction are the characters, and one of the major elements of a character is (or can be) his/her name.  I propose we use this thread to link to sites that can help writers decide on names for our characters.

P.S.  Can this be stickied, please?  I'm hoping this will serve a great deal of help for writers, and it would kind of suck if they can't find it.

EDIT:  After Fisk posted her thread with that link to the Mary Sue Test, I decided to devote this thread to links to websites that could help writers with their writing.

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Character Names, First and Middle:
All the Baby Names (http://www.allthebabynames.com/)
Baby Names (http://babynames.com/)
Baby Names Country (http://www.babynamescountry.com/)
Baby Names World (http://www.babynamesworld.com/)
Behind the Name (http://www.behindthename.com/)

Character Names, Surnames:
Behind the Name (http://surnames.behindthename.com/)
Last Name Meanings Dictionary (http://www.last-names.net/)

Specialty Dictionaries and Thesauri:
RhymeZone (http://www.rhymezone.com/)

Tests:
Mary Sue Tests (http://www.springhole.net/quizzes/marysue.htm)

Other Tools:
TV Tropes (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage)
Title: Re:First and Last Names
Post by: MagmarFire on April 17, 2008, 01:58:34 PM
Okay, sure. I'll sticky it. Nice find! ;)
Title: Re:First and Last Names (For Writers)
Post by: Hi no Seijin on April 17, 2008, 02:00:03 PM
Meanwhile, I should probably be specifying that this thread is for writers in the name. ;)
Title: Re:First and Last Names (For Writers)
Post by: Fishalicious on April 18, 2008, 07:21:47 PM
That's actually where I got my pseudoname, Fisk Meuniere. It's got a so much better ring than Haley Van ****.
Title: Re: First and Last Names (For Writers)
Post by: Hi no Seijin on July 31, 2008, 09:40:51 AM
Well, it's not actually a name site, but it would help writers.

RhymeZone (http://www.rhymezone.com/)

To help this get noticed (not that I'm sure who all are serious writers here), this thread is now devoted to links to any site that would help a writer with their writing.