I”m writing a book where the main characters are triplets, however their names all end in ‘vim.’ Should I do something about this or will the names not be a problem?

On May 20, 2019May 14, 2019 By florencewitkopIn Romance Writing

How to give characters names that can easily be distinguished from names of other characters? This is something that irritates me often. Why do so many authors give names to their characters that are so similar to other characters’ names that the reader needs a written list to keep them apart? But it happens.

Try this:

Make something truly different about each name. In your potential book, their names end the same. So make sure that they start differently. Not just different but that they start with different letters of the alphabet. You might also consider making them different lengths, though that will depend on why they were so named. Some triplet parents want their similar kids to have similar names including length. It’s up to you.
Write down the three names that you come up with and then just look at them. Do they look different enough that readers won’t get confused? If so,then you have the right names.

3 thoughts on “I”m writing a book where the main characters are triplets, however their names all end in ‘vim.’ Should I do something about this or will the names not be a problem?”

Alicia Haney

Good Morning Florence, I hope you are having a Great day! I love, love your posts and they all make such good sense! Thank you so much for your good tips. 🙂 The book you are writing about triplets sounds like it will be a really good book, looking forward to it when you finish it. 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. God bless you. Have a Great day and rest of the week.

May 20, 2019 at 11:23 am Reply
florencewitkop

Same to you!

May 20, 2019 at 11:59 am Reply
1. Alicia Haney
  
  Thank you. 🙂
  
  May 20, 2019 at 12:15 pm Reply