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NaNoWriMo 2011: Day 4
Friday, November 4, 2011 at 2:26PM National Novel Writing Month commenced on November 1st with me conspicuously unprepared and distracted by other things. On Tuesday night, I finally settled on an idea:
A soccer mom turns to the black-market drug trade to save her dying sister’s life.
I’ve snowflaked my way to a ten page outline of fifty-five scenes and almost 4,000 words. I’m behind on word count but way ahead on structure. I actually know how this story is going to end, which is refreshing. But I am stuck for names. My main characters were named through assistance from friends on Facebook.
The soccer mom is Julia Camille (Don’t-Call-Me-JC) Monroe (nee Parker). Her dying sister is Catherine Jean (Please-call-me-CJ) Parker. CJ’s boyfriend is Justin Gonzales. Here are some characters that still need names:
- Julia’s Husband (first name)
- Julia’s two kids
- Julia’s close friend/neighbor
- CJ’s Boss and at least two co-workers
- Three doctors
- At least three Nurses
- A career vendor at an indoor flea market, hippie-flavored
- Four professional drug dealers, possibly gang-affiliated
- An intimidating businessman
- A college friend of Julia’s who used to work on pharmaceutical sales
- A hospital billing clerk
Hit me in the comments if you have any inspiring monikers.
Reader Comments (4)
Julia’s Husband (first name)--Marcus
Julia’s two kids (Boys? Girls? Both?) Austin and Dakota
Julia’s close friend/neighbor-- MaryBeth
CJ’s Boss and at least two co-workers--Lynette, Pierce, Abigail, Lucrecia
Three doctors-- (I'm losing ideas and getting a little tired out. Skip down a few to get my last suggestion)
At least three Nurses
A career vendor at an indoor flea market, hippie-flavored--Isis
Go, Dani!
Julia’s Husband (first name) - Mark (funny, I notice someone above picked a similar name when I pasted this over)
Julia’s two kids - Katie and Tyler
Julia’s close friend/neighbor - Alysia
CJ’s Boss and at least two co-workers
Three doctors - Drs. Young, Mankiewicz, Gonsalvez
At least three Nurses - Ben, Charlotte, Ananda (not a misspelling)
A career vendor at an indoor flea market, hippie-flavored - Salmon (Sammie)
Four professional drug dealers, possibly gang-affiliated - Ernesto, Ivan, Maria, Ben
An intimidating businessman - Mr. Scotts
A college friend of Julia’s who used to work on pharmaceutical sales - Lu
A hospital billing clerk - Mo'niq
Julia's husband must be Nigel, naturally.
Hippie-flavored: Willow. Works for both genders!
You're all fabulous. xo