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Guidelines for writing Poems, Stories and Tales

Is it alright to write the characters name when they are thinking?

How do you format a character’s thoughts?



If you’re writing fiction, you may style a character’s thoughts in italics or quotation marks. Using italics has the advantage of distinguishing thoughts from speech.

Is it OK to name a character after yourself?

Technically, yes, it’s your story and it’s perfectly fine to do what you will with it. If that means naming a main character after yourself, go for it—this is especially okay if you’re writing an autobiography, memoir, or some other piece of non-fiction involving yourself.

How not to name your characters?

Similar endings: Avoid giving your characters names that end the same way, like “Madison” and “Jason,” or worse yet, names that rhyme, like “Shelley” and “Kelly.” Repeated vowel sounds: “Janeen,” “Lee,” and “Edith” all share a long ‘e’ sound.

How do you write a character’s thoughts in first person?





Direct internal dialogue refers to a character thinking the exact thoughts as written, often in the first person. (The first person singular is I, the first person plural is we.) Example: “I lied,” Charles thought, “but maybe she will forgive me.”

What are characters thoughts called?

Inner monologue in writing is the revelation of the character’s thoughts in the narration, but not in the dialogue. It’s all the things the reader learns that the character thinks, feels, and believes, but doesn’t say out loud. It can be used to reveal a character’s inner truths, inner conflicts, or outward deceptions.

How do you show a character is thinking in a script?

If you want to implement inner dialogue in a screenplay, simply add V.O. next to the character name in the dialogue section. But remember: all inner dialogue is V.O., but not all V.O. is inner dialogue.



Do names affect personality?

Some researchers have found an unusual association between the name of a person and his/her personality. They even go so far as to say that people with the same names seem to have similar personalities. Turner (2009) observes that Levitt (2005) theorizes that one’s name can affect one’s ability to succeed.

How did JK Rowling name her characters?



She draws character names from literature, mythology, history, astronomy, and countless international languages. No character is named haphazardly; families have consistent naming patterns (like the celestial Blacks and the floral Evanses) and individual characters’ names match their personas.

Does name affect character?

Recent studies found that our names have the potential to influence our behavior, physical appearance, career path and life choices, popularity, and how others perceive us.

How do you write main character thoughts?

Use of italics allows the writer to treat thoughts as if the words are dialogue, as if the character is speaking to himself. So, we can use the present tense look rather than looked, even if the rest of the story uses narration in the past tense.

Do you put quotes around a character’s thoughts?

Your style is your choice. The best reason for avoiding it is that using speech marks could confuse your reader. The beauty of speech marks – or quotation marks – is that they indicate speech. When you put speech marks around a character’s thoughts, your reader will immediately assume they’re reading the spoken word.

How do you put thoughts in writing?

The process usually works as follows:

  1. Write down your ideas as fast as possible.
  2. Find the essence of your content.
  3. Revise your content to build on your key idea.
  4. Edit sentence by sentence.