Well, those are classic authors, with incredible ouvres, but not because they named their characters that way. They made incredible books even if they did it like that.
Correlation does not imply causation. They have intemporal ouvres even if they still have some particularities from the style of writing of that particular era that are not used in modern times. And not all people are Dickens or García Marquez so it´s better if you do not try to do the same as them because maybe you´re not genius enough to get away with it.
I follow some guides about modern writing made by people that know a lot more than me.
In the golden age of US comics it was usual to find names like "Lois lane" "Lana lang" "Lex luthor" " but that is something that is simply not done in modern graphic novels because it sounds silly and unprofessional and there are high chances your works would not be published that way(unless you are into comedy). Writing evolves.
Do you remember the episode of "The big bang theory" where Raj makes fun about the names of Stan Lee´s characters because they have the same first letter?
"Raj: Bruce Banner, Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Steven Strange, Otto Octavius, Silver Surfer, Peter Parker, J. Jonah Jameson Junior, Dum Dum Dugan, Green Goblin, Matt Murdock, Pepper Potts, Victor Von Doom, Millie the Model, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Invincible Iron Man, Happy Hogan, Curt Connors and Fin Fang Foom"
It´s fun because that way of naming characters sounds weird in 2020. If you want your work to age well it´s advisable that you do not include a trend in your works that maybe would be out-of-fashion soon.
Anyway, as I said before it was just my preference on names, I do not meant to have the ultimate answer and preach that my opinion is above the tastes of the others.
but I still think Raphael is a teenage mutant hero turtle name and Shadowheart a little pony, ha ha ha.
Last edited by _Vic_; 29/07/20 06:35 PM.
