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GRIMBLY for this one. Thanks so much, Barley!
Oh no, you guys, I broke one of the cardinal rules of world building, and end up with two characters with the same name! Is this a mistake? Better or worse than the mess I made for myself with "Slither" and "Slitherette?" I'm not sure! Anyway, let's meet her!
Years back, Gale Featherbeak was a staff reporter for the news and publishing arm of Shift-Tec. She enjoyed a nice little slice of modest success writing spotlight pieces about various people and places around the Forest. It was a nice living, and Gale was happy to be writing, but there was always this slight nagging in the back of her mind that these sanitized corporate tourism pieces weren't what real news was all about. Nobody could ever accuse her of writing lies, but it somehow seemed like she was failing to capture the capital 'T' Truth.
When Cellina came to power and assumed the role of Director, one of her first actions was to restructure Shift-Tec to refocus it on its core mission. Part of that effort was to shutter the news and publishing division. Every employee who was affected was offered a position elsewhere in the company, and many of the reporters took up the mantle of Technical Writer or went into advertising. Only two people took the severance package option, with the Managing Editor accepting an offer for a news company outside the Forest. Gale, the other holdout, saw her opportunity to go solo!
Here in the present day, we have Gale Featherbeak, freelance gonzo journalist! Dedicated to reporting on the real stories of the Forest, Gale writes from the trenches, immersing herself in the communities and subcultures that are her subjects. Her stories are raw, authentic, and told in the first-person from her very own unflinching perspective. Sure, maybe she's slept in her clothes a few times on unfamiliar couches while on location. Yes, she's put on a few pounds since the Shift-Tec days, from all the fast food meals on the go. Okay, maybe she doesn't manage to get to the laundry as often as she did before, either, but you don't get to the Truth by hanging out in boardrooms and corporate cafeterias all day while worrying about when you can pick up the dry cleaning! Gale's fans care about her one-of-a-kind stories, not a few old stains!
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GRIMBLY for this one. Thanks so much, Barley!Oh no, you guys, I broke one of the cardinal rules of world building, and end up with two characters with the same name! Is this a mistake? Better or worse than the mess I made for myself with "Slither" and "Slitherette?" I'm not sure! Anyway, let's meet her!
Years back, Gale Featherbeak was a staff reporter for the news and publishing arm of Shift-Tec. She enjoyed a nice little slice of modest success writing spotlight pieces about various people and places around the Forest. It was a nice living, and Gale was happy to be writing, but there was always this slight nagging in the back of her mind that these sanitized corporate tourism pieces weren't what real news was all about. Nobody could ever accuse her of writing lies, but it somehow seemed like she was failing to capture the capital 'T' Truth.
When Cellina came to power and assumed the role of Director, one of her first actions was to restructure Shift-Tec to refocus it on its core mission. Part of that effort was to shutter the news and publishing division. Every employee who was affected was offered a position elsewhere in the company, and many of the reporters took up the mantle of Technical Writer or went into advertising. Only two people took the severance package option, with the Managing Editor accepting an offer for a news company outside the Forest. Gale, the other holdout, saw her opportunity to go solo!
Here in the present day, we have Gale Featherbeak, freelance gonzo journalist! Dedicated to reporting on the real stories of the Forest, Gale writes from the trenches, immersing herself in the communities and subcultures that are her subjects. Her stories are raw, authentic, and told in the first-person from her very own unflinching perspective. Sure, maybe she's slept in her clothes a few times on unfamiliar couches while on location. Yes, she's put on a few pounds since the Shift-Tec days, from all the fast food meals on the go. Okay, maybe she doesn't manage to get to the laundry as often as she did before, either, but you don't get to the Truth by hanging out in boardrooms and corporate cafeterias all day while worrying about when you can pick up the dry cleaning! Gale's fans care about her one-of-a-kind stories, not a few old stains!
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Oh, and to answer your question about whether it's a good thing or bad that you've broken the One Steve Limit rule: I think it depends on how much the two interact. I think it's a good thing that you're conscious of it so you can play with it in a more deliberate way. Personally I like it when a writer uses two characters with the same name.
I read the Duncton Wood stories when I was a teenager and they had a character called Violet. The author made her quite important to the reader, and then the decimation of Duncton Wood happened and Violet was nowhere to be found. He included an off-handed comment towards the end of the story that a mole named Violet had died too and it was left open as to whether that was 'our' Violet or not. And then, wouldn't you know it, Violet turns up in... was it the next book or the book after? I forget, but by then she was a grandma. I always liked that he did that - it made for a nice continuity nod and also gave him the luxury (with readers who'd read the trilogy from the beginning, at least) of having the reader be instantly invested in Violet the grandma.
And then there are details like the name search in Worm. The heroes are trying to come up with a name for a new villain and have to check a database for similar names to make sure that our villain isn't going to end up with a duplicate name. It's not quite a breaking of One Steve Limit but the author did make a point of showing that heroes and villains with similar names could exist, and for me that added an extra layer of realism to the story.
I read the Duncton Wood stories when I was a teenager and they had a character called Violet. The author made her quite important to the reader, and then the decimation of Duncton Wood happened and Violet was nowhere to be found. He included an off-handed comment towards the end of the story that a mole named Violet had died too and it was left open as to whether that was 'our' Violet or not. And then, wouldn't you know it, Violet turns up in... was it the next book or the book after? I forget, but by then she was a grandma. I always liked that he did that - it made for a nice continuity nod and also gave him the luxury (with readers who'd read the trilogy from the beginning, at least) of having the reader be instantly invested in Violet the grandma.
And then there are details like the name search in Worm. The heroes are trying to come up with a name for a new villain and have to check a database for similar names to make sure that our villain isn't going to end up with a duplicate name. It's not quite a breaking of One Steve Limit but the author did make a point of showing that heroes and villains with similar names could exist, and for me that added an extra layer of realism to the story.
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