Re: What kind of names do you make up?

["Backer, Corinne" <CBacker -at- GLHEC -dot- ORG>]

My personal favorite is Jim Shortz. (think about it)

We have a writer who's very creative with this type of stuff - she uses
philosophers for one chapter, famous authors for another, great
philanthopists, scientists, etc. (Big pool of names, and they're all dead,
so you avoid the controversy.) Her current idea is to use serial
killers...we may have to re-think that one :)

Ah, the few frivolous pleasures of being a frustrated writer...

Corinne

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laura Hardy
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 12:34 PM
> To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject:      Re: What kind of names do you make up?
>
> Hi -
>
> Since August, I've been writing user manuals for a claims database used
> within the auto insurance industry, and our department just delights in
> inventing names to use for practice claims. Like the person who wrote
> about
> using the names of former boyfriends, girlfriends, teachers, and others,
> we
> also use those names, in addition to names of pets, celebrities, and
> fictional characters. We especially like to tie names in with the auto
> insurance theme, so there are names like Jay Walker, Minnie Driver, and
> Broke N. Legg. Making up names allows us to add levity to a sometimes dry
> project. As for using my own name, I probably wouldn't do that, simply for
> security reasons.
>
> Laura Hardy
> Tech. Writer
> Cleveland, OH
>
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