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I have been trying to come up with names for my characters, and so far everything I have been coming up with sounds made-up to me. That could just be the fact that I am so over critical.
In my name search I was of course distracted by the internet and wound up reading "20 things you didn't know about the show Supernatural". I can't help it, I love this show .
So, anyway, one of the "things I didn't know" was that the original names for the characters were suppose to be Sal and Dean Harrison, however Sal was eventually changed to Sam because they felt the name was more appropriate. In changing the name from Sal to Sam Harrison they discovered there was a Sam Harrison currently residing in Kansas (which is where the brothers were from) and therefore the name had to be changed for legal reasons.
So my question is, why would they have to change the name for legal reasons? I highly doubt that the real Sam Harrison is or was a hunter of the supernatural forces. So was this just a precaution? or is this something we should be worried about when naming characters?
My story takes place in the city of Toronto...the odds of my finding an original/real sounding name that no one else in the city of Toronto has are slim to none!
In my name search I was of course distracted by the internet and wound up reading "20 things you didn't know about the show Supernatural". I can't help it, I love this show .
So, anyway, one of the "things I didn't know" was that the original names for the characters were suppose to be Sal and Dean Harrison, however Sal was eventually changed to Sam because they felt the name was more appropriate. In changing the name from Sal to Sam Harrison they discovered there was a Sam Harrison currently residing in Kansas (which is where the brothers were from) and therefore the name had to be changed for legal reasons.
So my question is, why would they have to change the name for legal reasons? I highly doubt that the real Sam Harrison is or was a hunter of the supernatural forces. So was this just a precaution? or is this something we should be worried about when naming characters?
My story takes place in the city of Toronto...the odds of my finding an original/real sounding name that no one else in the city of Toronto has are slim to none!