Young Writers Society

alright before i tried to get help to find a title and i got a little help from those who weren't telling me to write first. they inspired a title i created on my own, but i still need a name.

character description:
16 years old.
strong and independent.
helpful
and above all kind and in no way is she selfish.

So i need a name for that character. The plot is in the future so it needs to be modern or new (no Gertrudes or Mary Anns.)

Thanks a lot.

Could there be a little more info, please?

Psh. I'm saving my cool titles for my own post-apocalyptic sci-fi stories. However, you really don't need a fancy title right now. Why don't you use one of your bland titles for now, and get started writing the story? I can almost guarantee that, by the time you're done, the perfect title will have presented itself to you.

yeah i should begin to write it first but i keep on track if i have a title to follow by, it's just the way i write, so thanks for the advice anyway ProfessorRabbit.

Hmm...Abandoned Savoir or Abandoned Hero, perhaps?

Anyway, I actually have some plot related questions:

Why did her family leave her behind? Why is she a hero if there are multiple other people in this relief group? I don't see how a person in this relief group is any more well-known than, say, a person in the Coast Guard.

I agree with the Prof.

Write first - the title will come to you! The writing is the fun part.

i agree. you will come up with a name eventually. but just dont post it without a name!! that gets annoying!!

fun fact: i got the name of my book (Heart Stabbed Blade) after watching the anime fate/stay night. they kind of have the same awsome ring to them, ya' know?

thanks for the replies but as i said before, having a title keeps me on track. It helps keep my stories from trailing off. That's the way I write Title first, it's no different then if someone can only write outside, or listening to music.

and thunder_dude7
- her family left her because the girl did not make it into the helicopters that were taking the survivors to the safer place.
-and in this world only a few people survived, it's impossible, that out of the few of the ones that survived, there are trained soldiers and doctors. She stepped up in her time of need to help those who needed it. That's why she is the hero.

For a name for her, if you don't have one already- maybe it would be better to have a name that doesn;t sound so tough, maybe that is misleading.

yeah i was thinking of changing it to a newer name, not tough, but still unusual.

You said the main character reunites with her family/community, right? How about Return? That way it can also be about the way humanity "returns" to the world after destruction.


But I must agree with everyone else: write it first. After you write it, you may find that your title doesn't fit the story anymore.

Possible main character names: Breanne, Melisant, Eitana

All of them have the meaning "strong," though Eitana can also mean impetuous

I like the names and the title but the character's return happens at the end of the story because during the story she thinks of her family a lot. I thought it would be good to have the last chapter as the girl's dream of going back to her family is fullfilled.


And I'm not saying it again, title first write second is the way i write stories.

I'd give a name for it but I would need more details on the plot and stuff for the name to really mean anything.

I'd like to see how this develops though.

For the MC...how about Jotni? I am simply in love with this name right now...I don't know why.
Or...
Andie, Cheyenne, Dacoda, Hadley, India, Ivory, Jairdin, Jericka, Raeven, Storhm
Another idea...take a name and spell it phonetically so that it creates a new 'unique' spelling. For example: Aaron becomes Airon...Amy becomes Amee or Aime(e)

good luck

thanks tnme22, I'll consider them.
i like the suggestion of taking an old name and spelling it differently.