Writing

Working on my book. Gonna work on my book... book, book, book... I just thought the word book over and over instead of actually working on my book.

Ok, Character names! I'll work on Character names. I need lots of Character names! Character names will bring the whole book to life and make everything seem so real! But if I have too many character names will I confuse my audience? Does giving a character a name mean they have to be more than a background character? Nah, it'll be fine, besides I can remember at least 12 of Gandalf's names from Lord of the Rings.

Ok, Character names! What kind of character names?

Ugh! Naming Characters is so difficult! Why does it have to be this difficult! Do they need names? I can invent a culture that doesn't use names. That would be a really confusing culture. 

Frederick... that sounds cool. Wait, that's just a fancy way of saying Fred. Come up with some original character names! Elden. That's just like Eldon from that other story you just wrote! Oh yeah... Uh... Serlin! Sweet that sounds awesome! Wait... it's Merlin with an S...

No one will notice right? Sure, keep going.

Geoffrey, I like Geoffrey. It sounds regal and it looks cool. My main characters should name their son that. Or should I save it and name a kid Geoffrey someday? Can I wait that long to use that cool of a name? Geoffrey deserves to at least be the main character in his own story, even if I don't name a kid that.

What was I doing? Right, names.

Bored with names, back to the plot! Oh right... I was introducing a ton of characters who all need names...

Maybe I'll number them. Guy 1, Guy 2. No, I'll just put 1 and 2.

This is really dumb I'll just give them names. Names bring the whole book to life and make everything seem so real!

Naming characters is so difficult!

*A real inner monologue. Yes this is what I count as "working on my book." It's also why I've been trying to write the same book for eleven years.  =(