…To myself.
When beginning work on a book, that you haven’t even opened in awhile, ’tis always good to have the notebook readily available that lists all the given names of all the characters written down. Otherwise, you may start to write, only to end up with a paper that looks like this:
“The first Christmas party is tonight! The first Christmas party is tonight!” ____ chanted, skipping down the stairs with ____.
Now, your mission will be to remember exactly who ____ and ____ were in relation to the story. And don’t forget that there were, what, ten kids in the house? And these were only two of them. Except you know it wasn’t Robbyn, because you remember her name nor could it be Henry, because not only do you remember his name too (or did after you called him Harry first…), you also know that he would never, ever be caught “skipping” down the stairs.
Maybe, next time, you’ll remember to take that notebook with you, even if you *think* you won’t need it!
To the KING be all the glory!
I can’t believe I missed this post! I can relate in some way. I have many ___’s of unnamed characters. But I don’t believe I forget the story I worked on containing many ___. ;)
Usually I keep my notebook nearby and I’m alright… :D