Co-Writing

durinsbane2244 · 11-28-2005, 09:12 PM

myself and a friend are beginning work on a book, and i was wondering if you guys could give us a hand in naming the main character, and probably giving opinions/advice in the future...

as for now, i'm charged with the task of finding a cool name for him, he's a rogue elf assassain[sp?] dark dude, and i was tryin to find a word in tolkien elvish, or some obscure language that means like, "shadow", or "darkness", or something good for him like that, so people would say, "hey, that's a cool name!" even if they didn't know what it meant, but if they did than they'd get the meaning, if you follow me....any ideas?

tolkienfan · 11-28-2005, 10:21 PM

I don't know anything about writing or naming characters, but the elvish word for Dark is Mor.

brownjenkins · 11-29-2005, 10:31 AM

here's a great multi-lingual translator that may help you come up with some ideas

Curubethion · 11-29-2005, 09:58 PM

How's about "Colmurin"? "Colo" means "cloak", and then you tack on a form of "mor". Then just slap on "in" to make it sound good.

durinsbane2244 · 11-29-2005, 10:00 PM

thankee, very helpful, though i think i'm just going to write my own now...we each have different styles...though we will help each other...i'm going to illustrate and cartograph for him....yay map! here there be monsters!

Curubethion · 12-18-2005, 10:41 PM

Let me know if you need any more help...although I can't give you all my great ideas!

11-28-2005, 09:12 PM	#1
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	Co-Writing myself and a friend are beginning work on a book, and i was wondering if you guys could give us a hand in naming the main character, and probably giving opinions/advice in the future... as for now, i'm charged with the task of finding a cool name for him, he's a rogue elf assassain[sp?] dark dude, and i was tryin to find a word in tolkien elvish, or some obscure language that means like, "shadow", or "darkness", or something good for him like that, so people would say, "hey, that's a cool name!" even if they didn't know what it meant, but if they did than they'd get the meaning, if you follow me....any ideas? __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

11-28-2005, 10:21 PM	#2
tolkienfan Elf Lord Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Internet Posts: 803	I don't know anything about writing or naming characters, but the elvish word for Dark is Mor. __________________ Don't be hasty! Thanks so much to Last Child of Ungoliant, Twista, and BeardofPants for my avatar!

11-29-2005, 10:31 AM	#3
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	here's a great multi-lingual translator that may help you come up with some ideas __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

11-29-2005, 09:58 PM	#4
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	How's about "Colmurin"? "Colo" means "cloak", and then you tack on a form of "mor". Then just slap on "in" to make it sound good. __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

11-29-2005, 10:00 PM	#5
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	thankee, very helpful, though i think i'm just going to write my own now...we each have different styles...though we will help each other...i'm going to illustrate and cartograph for him....yay map! here there be monsters! __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

12-18-2005, 10:41 PM	#6
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Let me know if you need any more help...although I can't give you all my great ideas! __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

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