Tip and Quote of the Week: The Importance of Names

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The Importance of Character Names

Character names are just as important as coming up with a great title for your script.

They need to be unique both to other scripts, and unique from each other WITHIN your script.

This last point is important because you don't ever want a character's name to be similar to another's within your own script. So don't re-use names that start with the same letter, or end with the same sound (see: "Sam" and "Steve" or "Jenny" and "Benny"), etc.

"What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
 by any other name would smell as sweet."

- William Shakespeare, 
"Romeo and Juliet"

Sources: http://www.namelymarly.com/name-quotes/ and http://www.screenplay.com/default.aspx.

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