28 Days to Go

I finally wrote up the very basics of my main character! And I mean, the VERY basics. But at least I finally have a NAME for him! That makes me so incredibly happy.

So I've been browsing (read: lurking) the NaNoWriMo forums lately, especially the writing buddies/newbies topics, because I'm desperate to find other writers writing ANYTHING along the same lines as me (psychological, thriller, anything mental health related etc) but alas, I've yet to find a single person :( On the one hand, it sucks, because I don't really have anyone I can relate to right now, I don't have someone that can help me or critique. But on the other hand, that must mean that my idea is at least somewhat original and unique, I hope.

Well, nobody else is doing it.....

That's if my idea even all comes together before November 1st. I have my MC lined out and I know him, but I'm not even sure how many other characters I need in total. I haven't even began to think about individual chapter outlines yet.

I feel I'm a little behind, NaNoers. A slight cause for concern, but I'm not going to get too flitzy ditzy about it all just yet....

No luck yet

I say up pretty much all night trying to find the perfect name for my Mr. Evil, my antagonist, my MC.

I looked through baby names books, name meanings online, I wrote them down, mixed them up, changed them, joined different names together to make new ones - nothing.

Absolutely nothing.

Does anyone else have this problem? Finding it INCREDIBLY difficult to name your characters?

Sad fact is, I don't even know how many characters I'm supposed to be naming yet. I know I have an antagonist, but that's it. I don't even know if I have a protagonist yet. How depressing is that? :(