Genre of [name_u]Story[/name_u]: Semi-historical (not quite sure what it’s called, so just read on)
Time Period/Location: circa 1920s, Co. Mayo, [name_f]Ireland[/name_f]
Brief Plot: A girl, whose Irish parents moved to [name_u]America[/name_u], returns to visit her great-grandmother, while standing up against the British soldiers and learning to love her stepmother.
Character 1:
Character Description: 12-year-old girl with curly reddish hair and hazel eyes—shy and diffident but grows more courageous and opinionated.
Who named the character: [name_m]Both[/name_m] her parents were extremely proud Irish and gave her a traditional Irish name.
Immediate family: she’s an only child and her mother died when she was two; her father has a job that requires traveling, so she lives in America with a governess.
Already Considered (if relevant): [name_f]Mairead[/name_f]
[name_m]Don[/name_m]’t Suggest These Names: No unisex names or surnames.
Anything else?: I also need a last name—Irish, but not something very obviously Irish like [name_u]Murphy[/name_u]. I’ve considered Magillicuddy.
Character 2:
Character description: old woman in her 70s, great-great-aunt of Character 1—fiercely loving and defiant—gray-haired with sharp gray-blue eyes.
[name_m]Don[/name_m]’t suggest these names: Same guidelines apply.
Anything else? She’ll have the same last name as Character 1, so their first names should have the same general feel.
Character 3:
Character description: old woman in her early 80s, sister to Character 2 and great-grandmother of Character 1—snow-white hair and hazel eyes—more understanding and patient than her sister.
[name_m]Don[/name_m]’t suggest these names: Same guidelines apply.
Anything else? See Character 2.
Character 4:
Character description: young woman about twenty-eight, stepmother to Character 1; loving and anxious to please, but slightly awkward. She’s also Irish, from Belfast.
[name_m]Don[/name_m]’t suggest these names: Same guidelines apply.
Anything else? I could also use a first name for Character 1’s father. He barely appears in the story so he’s a very minor character.
Thank you so much and sorry for the long post.
