Do you ever almost call real people in your life your characters’ names?!

[Kura]

Only did it for my dog one time.

But that was because she was asking to go outside while I was writing so I called her the name of the character I was in the middle of typing the name of. So instead of saying "Ok Abaddon, lets go to the outside!!" it was "Ok Andrew, lets go to the outside!!"

[echoeotto]

So instead of saying "Ok Abaddon, lets go to the outside!!"

Your dog's name is Abaddon? Cool. Why'd you choose that name? (If you don't mind me asking)

[Maps]

Better safe than sorry!

[Pan]

I try to never base my characters after people I know in real life as a hard rule, and I only use names from people I know if I think it fits the character and nothing else does.

I did write a book eleven years ago (I was twelve) where all the characters looked like and had the names of my friends. Then I read a writing guide for novels that cautioned me to never, ever, ever do that because, even if the name is different, if that person reads your book THEY WILL KNOW IT'S THEM. No matter how flattering you make them, they could still be offended by it.

Soooooo, yeah, I try not to XD

[racarter]

Not that I can recall but I have called myself “Roxanne” before. Lol

[Maps]

Good call! I, too, made up names for my characters and avoided real names from my life.

[echoeotto]

even if the name is different, if that person reads your book THEY WILL KNOW IT'S THEM. No matter how flattering you make them, they could still be offended by it.

Never heard that before, but it sounds like solid advice. Makes me wonder if that happened to the person who wrote the guide.

[Karmillina]

I avoid it as much as possible. I don't want people I know to see themselves in my story lol I don't quite understand why

[kenmai]

nah
i do think of my chracters if someone happens to have a similar name though
i have a friend named Kai online who i met wayyyy after i made my character Kai

and other smaller things like having an oc named Theo and realizing my friends' brother is also named Theo so she feels weird whenever i bring my oc up hfkds

[cleo_san]

It actually happened with some of my RPG-co-players when I was younger, I've got to know them on the internet via our RPGs and the names just stuck - but I tried to reduce calling-a-friend-by-names-of-fictional-characters soon =)

Funnily though, I listen to my artist name "Cleo" as if it was my real name, which it isn't XD

[storytimebiondi]

Hasn't happened to me.

However, my wife and I are in 'kid' talks, and part of me, if we had a kid, wants to use my character names when trying to name them. Basically, I'm hooked on the name Noa.

[Maps]

Noa is a fantastic name!

[Lady_DarkStar]

I haven't called someone by a characters' name, but then my characters don't remotely resemble anyone I know. I have however gotten called my D&D characters' names outside of the game.

[akemikae]

Less of that, and moreso remember what my IRL name is. I spend so much time with my internet persona being what people call me, that sometimes I'm like "Oh yeah, my IRL name is different." I basically have two legal names at this point, and I'd respond to either one just as quickly. haha.