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When starting my story I lifted some names directly from Sherlock Holmes stories (Brackenstall and Abbernetty) because they had that Victorian flavour I was reaching for, and they sort of helped me get in the mood to write. Now that I'm about to start posting the story I'm having second thoughts. They feel to me as though they just scream 'lifted!' Eor thinks I should just leave them, because if I do a find/replace and one is spelled wrong it won't replace. I thought one possibility might be that I could do the find/replace with a name which was just a little different (like 'Braakenstahl' 'Abernathy'), and then if one or two remained people would pick that up as a misspelling.
Opinions, f-list? Suggestions? Better misspellings of the names?
I don't know why this bothers me so, but I suspect it to be avoidance behavior re beginning to post the story. Of which I only have 6 or 7 chapters ready to post after writing for a year and a half. If I keep on at my present snails pace I might finish it before I'm 60. I'm hoping that some feedback might result from posting the first few chapters, and that said feedback will spur me to write a little faster. I got zero feedback when I posted the first draft of the first chapter ages ago, but hopefully the current incarnation is more interesting.
Somewhat unrelatedly, I have been reading Isaac Asimov's robot novels. I think the clunky old-fashioned style of writing in them is inspiring me re my story, because they're awfully compelling despite the seeming clunkyness.
And no, the Spud/Renton icon has nothing to do with anything, I just wanted it to not languish and feel unloved.
Opinions, f-list? Suggestions? Better misspellings of the names?
I don't know why this bothers me so, but I suspect it to be avoidance behavior re beginning to post the story. Of which I only have 6 or 7 chapters ready to post after writing for a year and a half. If I keep on at my present snails pace I might finish it before I'm 60. I'm hoping that some feedback might result from posting the first few chapters, and that said feedback will spur me to write a little faster. I got zero feedback when I posted the first draft of the first chapter ages ago, but hopefully the current incarnation is more interesting.
Somewhat unrelatedly, I have been reading Isaac Asimov's robot novels. I think the clunky old-fashioned style of writing in them is inspiring me re my story, because they're awfully compelling despite the seeming clunkyness.
And no, the Spud/Renton icon has nothing to do with anything, I just wanted it to not languish and feel unloved.