Coming up with Place names

Comment:

Hello!! I’m an aspiring author but I have a very rough time coming up with town names for my stories. I’m only 17 and I haven’t done a lot of traveling in my life and only know about certain states from what I’ve read in books. I like all my stories to take place in different places. As a writer, have you ever come up with your own town names? if so, how did you do it?

Phyllis replied:

All the time!  No matter what town name you make up, it probably exists somewhere in the world, so don’t even worry about it.  You wouldn’t want to name a town in Kansas “Chicago,” of course, but think how many “Jonesvilles” or “New Towns” or “River Roads” there must be.

Posted on: April 25, 2021

 

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