Today I have reached the grand total of 18,377 words. I need another 10,000 by Saturday night to be on track for 50,000 by the end of November!!
Stopped today to think about places and where my characters are going - literally. My question to you (and I have sent it to a number of writing friends) is:
I have been told not to give names to characters who aren’t important as people think they are important if given a name. What about places? In my novel I have a woman who leaves the home she shares with her husband and goes back to her place of birth. This is the village that is important and so I have named it (it does exist!). However, do I need to give the place she has come from a name? I see it as a big city but I have not described it other than her living in a new house on a housing estate. How much detail is needed? Ta
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I don't think there are any 'rules' for this kind of thing. And I don;t think you should worry too much about it at this stage - not when you are writing 50,000 words in a month!
I do think readers treat place names differently from character names. A named character will be assumed to be of some importance. A named place less so. And referring to place names - although it is perhaps extranious information - does hint at authenticity. I wouldn't give the names of all the streets, mind.
That's my take on it, anyway. I'd be interested in what other people have to say on this question.
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