NaNo Woes.

[JP Dogberry]

This thread if for complaining about anything annoying you in NaNoWriMo.

To begain, I would like to complain about characters killing my plot. The problem of character based fiction, is they end up having minds of their own, and doing EXACTLY what you don't want them to do, in a way that completely stuffs up your plot.

Anyway, I think I'll be using a whip to tame them.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

I think you should. I always find these "characters ruining my book" complaints funny. Nothing they do comes from anywhere but you. Throw somethign down that makes them do what you want and still retains their personality.

[Prometheus]

I just tried out the name generator Fell posted just to whip up an instant working name for a new character, but, um...they use a lot of vowels in there. I mean three 'o's lots. At least if you don't refine your name creation request, and if I wanted to spend that kind of time on the project I'd just make up my own name. Probably there's something I'm doing wrong.

[Mistress of Darkness]

I doubt you're doing anything wrong. The tool is probably just only useful in October when you are outlining your story, or in December, when you are revising it. Changing those XYZBD names to something that sounds a little more cool.