UPDATE: using your likeness

UPDATE: At the request of an unnamed friend her name has been removed from my character list. It wasn't meant as a reflection on her character. Now I'll have to use her name in something else much more depraved (I'm a good friend like that).

As some of you already know I'm using your names for characters in some of the stories I'm writing. I'm tending to use them in humorous ways that are nothing like your character. Some of you I am however using your names with characters that I'd consider you similar to.

Eric is a shining example of this. I've already discussed this with him and he actually contributed a tiny bit of writing to his character. I had the idea for the character and what his purpose would be in the overall story. Initially I wrote his name just to help me get past a writers block than I really liked it in the story and the character seemed like an Eric.

Here are some characters/names I currently have:

Tyler Jones - "Screw You!" - a smooth-talking, ladies man who is happy with his bachelor status and hooks up with a different woman every night. He's highly confident and doesn't want to settle down with one woman.

Jon Berkas - Untitled Spring Break Movie - a lethal business man who uses his property development company as a front for his human trafficking ring. He hires people to do his dirty work while he reaps all the rewards.

Some characters I'm considering:

Ashley - "BLD" - a pure and virginal college senior who's had a crush on the same guy all through college.

Jen Beio - Untitled Hollywood Movie - A foul-mouthed, Hollywood junior-executive who has no problem selling her soul to the Devil to help get a big-budget movie made and a big paycheck in her bank account.

Dave Stella - Untitled Hollywood Movie - a struggling actor who pays his bills working for a crappy Italian restaurant as a giant bowl of spaghetti and meat balls on Sunset Boulevard.

These characters are normally going to be supporting to the leads and help define the main characters. They're not the main characters but they're pivotal to the story and will provide dynamic interactions that should make the stories interesting.

I will continue to spend excess amounts of time on Facebook looking at my friends names and seeing which names and people I like for characters I'm developing.

Some names I'm currently trying to create characters for:

Jake Dunneback, Peter Engle, Chris Harper, Cherie Michaud, Ross Hathaway, Bridget Swerecki, Nicci Zbikowski, Rani Stutz, Sarah Monterusso, Brittany Beede, Jess Burdette, Saif Yusoof, Audra Van Duinen and more.