Common Mistakes When Naming Characters

19 Aug 2025 • 6 min • EN
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Are you falling into any of these common mistakes with naming characters? From too many names starting with the same letter, to your MC "Bob Smith" accidentally becoming an NPC, this episode will help you identify whether you need to change up some character names. Send us a text What to do next… Sell your eBooks direct with Curios (keep 100% of sales) - Affiliate Link Take the 60 Day Novel Writing Challenge for FREE (Full Playlist Coming in October) Work with members of the Tally Ink Author Services Team Read Colleen"s clean YA portal fantasy series (The Chronicles of Talahm) Read Halie"s YA fantasy series (Secrets of the Tally) Leave a review on Apple Podcasts

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