Comments on: The Power of Naming Things http://www.happenchance.net/the-power-of-naming-things/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-power-of-naming-things Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: NunoXEI http://www.happenchance.net/the-power-of-naming-things/comment-page-1/#comment-115 NunoXEI Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:29:12 +0000 http://sethmbaker.com/blog/?p=599#comment-115 Awesome stuff. This harkens back to the foundations of oral tradition and has become as staple in fantasy-based story frameworks: The power of Names. (Capital N of course!) The concept of turning an intangible concept into something more tangible requires naming. I maintain a "Brainstorm Master Document to collect all my ideas. Before it was just "Idea Stuff"--I'm not kidding--once I changed even the name of that document, all of a sudden all the brainstorming ideas started to gain a semblance of order, even amongst the chaos that is the core of that document's purpose. Many an idea that's been added is always added as a subheading representing the "name" of the brainstorm idea. Sounds meticulous, but it becomes natural and immediately spawns new sub-ideas. If the name doesn't feel quite right later--change it to something that does when it comes to you. Great post! Awesome stuff. This harkens back to the foundations of oral tradition and has become as staple in fantasy-based story frameworks: The power of Names. (Capital N of course!)

The concept of turning an intangible concept into something more tangible requires naming. I maintain a “Brainstorm Master Document to collect all my ideas. Before it was just “Idea Stuff”–I’m not kidding–once I changed even the name of that document, all of a sudden all the brainstorming ideas started to gain a semblance of order, even amongst the chaos that is the core of that document’s purpose.

Many an idea that’s been added is always added as a subheading representing the “name” of the brainstorm idea. Sounds meticulous, but it becomes natural and immediately spawns new sub-ideas. If the name doesn’t feel quite right later–change it to something that does when it comes to you.

Great post!

]]> By: Happenchance » Blog Archive » 10 Lessons Learned from NanoWriMo http://www.happenchance.net/the-power-of-naming-things/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Happenchance » Blog Archive » 10 Lessons Learned from NanoWriMo Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:17:22 +0000 http://sethmbaker.com/blog/?p=599#comment-92 [...] You can plan and dream about writing a novel all your life, but until you start doing it (and name it), it doesn’t [...] [...] You can plan and dream about writing a novel all your life, but until you start doing it (and name it), it doesn’t [...]

]]> By: Seth http://www.happenchance.net/the-power-of-naming-things/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Seth Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:41:40 +0000 http://sethmbaker.com/blog/?p=599#comment-94 Sara, thanks for stopping by. I'm with you on the nicknames. A working title is better than no title. For longer works, I think the best title eventually reveals itself. Sara, thanks for stopping by.

I’m with you on the nicknames. A working title is better than no title. For longer works, I think the best title eventually reveals itself.

]]> By: sara http://www.happenchance.net/the-power-of-naming-things/comment-page-1/#comment-93 sara Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:29:28 +0000 http://sethmbaker.com/blog/?p=599#comment-93 I completely agree! If only I could come up with the title for what I'm working on now... For the time being I've got a nickname for it, and even that has helped keep my focus :) I completely agree! If only I could come up with the title for what I’m working on now… For the time being I’ve got a nickname for it, and even that has helped keep my focus :)

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