Characters and their names

Last week, a student asked me for a lesson on creating strong characters for his fiction, including tips on how to generate the names of characters as well.

I tried my best to answer some of his questions and share the process by which I develop characters, but to be honest, I had little to say to the young man. It’s so odd how my own writing process can be such a mystery to me. But like my student, I am incredibly curious to find out how other authors develop and name their characters and will