Today's blog will be about names. I love names. I own a collection of baby name books(I have to make my mom buy them for me because you get very weird looks at the check out when the cashier goes to ring up a baby name book and they see that you're just a teenager. I swear one day I'll make a shirt that says "I'm A Writer...I Like Names"...anyways getting off topic). Baby name books offer me a world of imagination. I can spend hours reading thru them. For every name I can come up with a story or a character to fit a story. Certain names give off certain looks to me.
Here are two examples of what I think of when I see two names. I'll use a boy and a girl name.
Girl Name: Blair - I see Blair as a pretty blond girl, maybe a dirty blond or a golden blond. I see her with a pretty smile and a mild temperment. She is a kind sweet girl, maybe a little lightheaded, but still rather smart.
Boy Name: Grayson - I see Grayson as either a dark guitarist or as a biker. He's the kind of person when your around him you get a chill. He's persinality is rather dark and he gives of a feeling of darkness. He probably has dark eyes and hair.
In the complete reverse Grayson could be a depressed boy who acts out for attention but really isn't mean or dark.
See I took two names and gave basic information about how I pictured the names. Anyone can do this and with any name. Someone might have a different view of a name than I do, That's what makes this fun. If your a writer and you have friends who write or even if your not this is a fun little activity and it's even more fun when you choose a name and your friends write what that name wmakes them think of and you compare and you can see how one name can look and feel different ways to different people. Give it a try, I'm sure you'll have a blast.
Love Always,
Laney
