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IMPORTANT: NEED TO CHANGE CHARACTER NAME
🕑 Added 2023-06-06 22:00:40 +0000 UTC(Pictures above show Ella, now renamed Elaine. I also attached a picture of rose gold hair as I don't think the Ai quite got the right shade)
Hey everyone, it has come to my attention that having a character named "Ella" and another called "Stella" will make the audiobook experience miserable as when read aloud, they sound almost exactly the same.
Therefore I have decided to change Ella's name to Elaine and will be going back through the old chapters and changing her name before it hits RoyalRoad. I might have Douglas, and maybe other characters refer to her as Elli, which is kinda close to Ella, but I don't think Elli sounds like the type of name a Voidmind Grand Elder would give to their child and is better suited as a nickname.
I already have Larry and Barry in book 1, but it's fine since Barry was a minor side character that only appeared a few times. But Ella and Stella will be seen a LOT in the same scene for the rest of the novel, so best to fix this issue early.
Going to wait a few hrs before making the changes, so if anyone has anything against the new name, let me know in the comments!
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T̶̢͜ ̛́͜o̸̷͟ ̵̕͡a҉̸̨ ̴́͞s̵̷͜ ́t̷
Thanks, man
XKARNATION
I used Midjourney and the prompt was: Young woman, rose-gold emo style hair that falls and obscures her eyes with wireframe glasses, nerdy, sitting in a cavern, photorealistic style, stunning, fantasy style, trending on artstation, greg rutkowski, --q 2 --niji 5 --v 5
T̶̢͜ ̛́͜o̸̷͟ ̵̕͡a҉̸̨ ̴́͞s̵̷͜ ́t̷
Can I ask what type of words/phrasing you're using for the AI to generate images like this? Any time I've tried to make AI art it always comes out as either a Mandela Catalogue monster or the fanart of a new Lovecraft book
XKARNATION
The forbidden void healer
enderman
Retcon time. Plot twist she becomes the best healer in the world.
Melting Sky
Eliza could also be shortened to Eli.
XKARNATION
lmaoooooo
Neil
I see what Douglas is up to now
Tsyrker
Good decision. Thank you for thinking of us audiobook enjoyer, looking forward to that.
Ethan Barrow
I agree with the name change, it's a smart choice
XKARNATION
XD
Bunny Waffles
OR, counterpoint, you could double down and rename every character in the story to have a name that ends in "-ella"!
phantom
I think a minor character can be an issue too. not so much Barry as it is pretty obvious when a giant spider is being referred to. it happens rarely but there are times where I associate a character with some past event that actually happened with another character. (or rarely I catch it.) Though I do not listen to audio books soo.
Buzz1089
I agree with the change. Thank you for considering the audio performance! More authors should be like you!
Putrescent Ego
Hell yeahh
XKARNATION
Going to be SO MUCH FUN!!!!
Putrescent Ego
I had noticed how similar they were X3 do enjoy changing every mention of the name Sir ^^
