I'm in a bit of a panic.
I'm 200 pages into the first draft of a YA that came to be because of a name.
A name that presented itself to me when I was playing around with this Band Name Generator.
I immediately loved the name.
The name offered so many possibilities for a main character.
Without going into details, the name includes a noun that stands for a specific kind of crime.
My entire storyline (and I use that word loosely since I'm firmly entrenched in blither-blather territory at this point in the draft) comes from that noun.
And now I'm wondering (mostly because of that blither-blather angst I'm currently experiencing) if I'm nuts to let a name
dictate a story.
Have any of you ever written a book based on a name?
Did it all work out in the end?
I cannot believe I have 200 pages written but am suddenly insecure about the whole project.
