Help, I'm new at FanFics.....

Well I wrote a fanfic that I'm really proud of for my creative writing class in school, It is set in the NJO and involves a new Jedi which was named David Zoeller after an old Star Wars sim character I had. I need some help making his name a more Star Warsish name. Also, the main Vong in the story is named Morah Nahk, I would like help making his name more Vongish. Also, where would I submit my finished FanFic as to hopefully get it put onto TFN FanFic page?

 

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Sorry, but I don't have any good names for you at the moment.

 

Hi, there! First of all, if you want a more 'Star Wars-ish' name, you can twist the letters of the name you already have, or put a spin on it. For example, David Zoeller has a fine last name. If you want to change David, you could make it something like, 'Davyd,' or 'Devyd, Devid, etc.' That way it looks more Star Wars-y.

As for the Yuuzhan Vong name, what you have sounds fine, but if you want to, remember that Yuuzhan Vong have domains. In the NJO, we've seen many names--Lah, Phaath, Shai, etc. If you picked one of the domains, all you need is a first name.

As for where you would submit your fanfic...well, if you want to, you can go to the fan fiction section and post it there. If you want it archived at TF.N's fanfic page, you first need to get at least two people to beta read it for you. Once it's been read by the beta readers, and everything has been corrected (grammar, spelling, characterization, etc.) you submit it. Go here to get info on that. You'll have to get a screenname if you don't already have one, but if you look on the left side of the screen, there's a section 'Get Archived' that you can read up on.

Hope some of that helps!

 

Thanks alot.

 

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.

 

Okay, I do have two more questions. How tall are YVHs and Yuuzhan Vong in general?

 

6-7 feet. They're pretty tall.

 

But remember, the GFFA uses metric units.

 

That'd be about 2 meters. btw, your Vong last-name sounds good, but the first name is... a little too easy to pronounce . Maybe change Morah to Mhoraak?

 

Names can be kinda difficult to create. That part takes me longer than any other in the writing process. You probably aren't writing a humor fic, but I'll go ahead and tell you how I do it for my humor fics anyway. For a humor fic I want the names to look convincing when they are looked at, but then I also want a joke behind them so if the reader says them aloud, or is paying close attention, they get a chuckle.

In Genocide and a Movie I used these names:
Kamboh D'a --> Cambodia
and
Srilan Kah --> Sri Lanka

The most important thing to remember is that you, the writer, need to have fun. If you are having fun and placing hidden jokes in your stories you will be much more likely to stick with them.

I hope that helped.