Writerly Ways

I'm feeling pretty awful (stomach) but I think I can bang out the silliest little writerly ways. I'm calling it naming shit is hard.

I need to edit that mermaid story and naming everything in it from a completely alien point of view but still need to make sure the reader knows its a dolphin, a whale etc. I almost hated that story by the end.

I just finished two stories in the past 2 weeks, the mermaid and a ghost story. Neither have titles. Why? Say it with me, naming shit is hard.


In Ezio's story I don't change most names but then I'm thinking would they really call it vaudeville? What would I call it if I change it? If I did call it something new, would the readers know it's vaudeville?

Also half my stories have character names and place names that are just XXX placeholders. Why? Say it with me. Naming shit is hard.

Do you find naming things hard? If so, how do you get around it?


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