The gentleman went for a walk in the park. He found two empty benches facing each other, and for a moment he hesitated, not knowing which to pick. He eventually chose the one next to the oak. The moment he sat down a pigeon pooped on his shoulder. He sighed.
Amelia saw an old beggar on the street, resting on a stone. She rummaged in her pocket and found her last coin, and wanted to give it to him. But the man shook his head. He would not take it. ‘I’m sorry,’ he said, ‘but I don’t work on Sundays.’
You know you've found the right name for a character when you speak that name aloud and the character shouts: 'Hey! That's me!' In The Road by Cormac McCarthy, the protagonists are a man and his boy, both unnamed. In this case, the lack of names makes the characters and the message they convey more … Continue reading Naming Characters
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