{"id":132,"date":"2024-03-29T22:36:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T22:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jlborch.com\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2024-03-29T22:58:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T22:58:16","slug":"links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jlborch.com\/index.php\/links\/","title":{"rendered":"Links"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"132\" class=\"elementor elementor-132\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b8453b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2b8453b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41512dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41512dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Although this is only my blog and all my writings are solo projects, there are just some things I can&#8217;t do myself. Also, whenever I get stuck, I tend to rely on the same web pages for inspiration, particularly when it comes to naming. I would like to give these people and pages their proper thanks. Whenever I refer to the links page, this is it. Here it is.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c233bbb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c233bbb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5403c46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5403c46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Amazing and talented artists<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c45a665 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c45a665\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8482bd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8482bd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Charlotte Marshall<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlottemarshallillustration.com\/\">https:\/\/www.charlottemarshallillustration.com\/<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/tailwindcomic.com\/\">https:\/\/tailwindcomic.com\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6f9a71 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a6f9a71\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-886226b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"886226b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Naming generators<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe8e908 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fe8e908\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7f1622 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7f1622\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am no Tolkien when it comes to inventing great names, and I don&#8217;t want to end up with names like in Harry Potter either. I&#8217;ve debated for a long time if it has any artistic merit to use naming generators. In other words, am I creatively bankrupt for having to rely on naming generators. I have come to the conclusion that the answer is no&#8230; but you also have to use naming generators critically. Are you writing a grounded story where people need to be called Harry and John, or are you writing a fantastical story where people are called Fwippelthorpe? Naming generators are tools, and they should be treated as such. They are only able to do what you tell them to.<\/p><p>So what do I use them for? I use naming generators, personally, to churn out a large quantity of consistent names. A world will feel very poor, especially a fantasy world with fantastical names, if you are only able to name drop a few individuals. 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