Does anyone else really struggle to come up with the names for their characters? I often find that I have stories in my head ready to write but spend hours trying to find the right names for the characters. I can imagine everything about them but names just escape me. Does anyone have tips on how to come up with names?
@ Jonathan - keeping a list sounds like a simple and effective solution, I'll start one now!
I have the same problem. So I decided to keep a list, and every time I came across an interesting or unusual name I added it. Now I have a three-page Word doc to go through whenever I need to name someone, mixing and matching Christian and surnames as required.
The other thing I found useful, mainly because I write historical. is online Parish registers. It's sometimes amazing what names were considered normal years ago!
Best of luck.