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Oct 30, 2023 at 12:38pm
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Still Struggling with Some Things
One of my favorite movies of all times is a Western, and there are only a handful of Westerns that I love. Showering Dutchessbarbie.'s mention of nationalities brought it to mind. As food for thought, in the movie El Dorado (with John Wayne and Dean Martin) there are some great names and nicknames for the characters that might get you thinking.

John Wayne's name is Cole Thornton (Cole)
Dean Martin is Sheriff JP Harrah
His sidekick is a 'kid' they call Mississippi–his actual name is Alan Badilian Trahern, hence the nickname *Laugh* – played by a young and handsome James Caan *Shock*
There's a respected gun re-seller they call "The Swede" for obvious reasons, he's delightful.
Other first names of "good guys" are (all from the Bible?) Saul, Jared, Matt, Kevin, and Luke. The bad guys' names are sharper: Bart, Kevin, Milt ––and the gunslinger has the best name, I think, slippery like a snake: Nelse (pronounced "else" with an "n" at the beginning).

Yes I'm procrastinating, but they are some good examples of names that work as a group. At this point, Schnujo's in Alabama, I'd suggest you put in name placeholders (like Mike, Joe, Fred, or MC, GhostKid, Wife, BadGuy1, whatever works for you) until you decide on the names you want to use. Your characters might just reveal their names to you as you write them! *Smile*

(*Bigsmile* It's a great movie–one short dark scene you get out of the way at the beginning, then it gets fun, great chemistry between the actors. It's on my comfort movie list. *Hug1**Smile**Hug2*)

Okay, okay, going to set up on Scrivener...

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Still Struggling with Some Things · 10-28-23 4:38pm
by Schnujo's in Alabama
Re: Still Struggling with Some Things · 10-28-23 5:56pm
by QueenNormaJean gettinPomsready
Re: Re: Still Struggling with Some Things · 10-28-23 10:52pm
by Schnujo's in Alabama
Re: Re: Re: Still Struggling with Some Things · 10-28-23 11:07pm
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Still Struggling with Some Things · 10-29-23 12:00am
by Schnujo's in Alabama
Re: Still Struggling with Some Things · 10-29-23 10:03am
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Re: Re: Still Struggling with Some Things · 10-29-23 11:21am
by Schnujo's in Alabama
Re: Re: Re: Still Struggling with Some Things · 10-29-23 11:24am
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Re: Re: Re: Still Struggling with Some Things · 10-29-23 5:46pm
by Anders J. Miller-Go Big Red!
Re: Re: Re: Re: Still Struggling with Some Things · 10-29-23 8:23pm
by Schnujo's in Alabama
Re: Re: Re: Still Struggling with Some Things · 10-31-23 10:51am
by Brandiwyn🎶
Re: Still Struggling with Some Things · 10-29-23 8:48pm
by Showering Dutchessbarbie.
Re: Re: Still Struggling with Some Things · 10-29-23 9:25pm
by Schnujo's in Alabama
Re: Re: Re: Still Struggling with Some Things · 10-29-23 11:58pm
by Showering Dutchessbarbie.
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by buddhangela… just forget it
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Still Struggling with Some Things · 10-30-23 1:08pm
by QueenNormaJean gettinPomsready
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Still Struggling with Some Things · 10-30-23 1:40pm
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by QueenNormaJean gettinPomsready
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Still Struggling with Some Things · 10-30-23 1:42pm
by Schnujo's in Alabama
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