Author Topic: The name Monroe contest! (Read 7615 times)

MaineWriter · « **on:** April 15, 2006, 05:26:25 pm »

Hey everyone,

I am hard at work on my continuing saga, "A Love Born From Steel." (For those who have missed my posts and haven't read the story, but are interested, here is the link:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2853224/1/

For the part I am working on now, I need to know Monroe's last name. I checked my screenplay and the credits and he's just...Monroe. So help me out, guys--what should we name him?

This isn't really a contest since I don't have a prize, but I still thought we could have some fun with this. Enjoy!

Leslie

David · « **Reply #1 on:** April 15, 2006, 05:41:46 pm »

Monroe Lesmann. Less man? get it?

He needs a weak name.

MaineWriter · « **Reply #2 on:** April 15, 2006, 05:49:53 pm »

Lesmann doesn't sound Wyoming, though.

DeeDee · « **Reply #3 on:** April 15, 2006, 06:18:05 pm »

How about Wanger?

MaineWriter · « **Reply #4 on:** April 15, 2006, 06:26:57 pm »

Quote from: DeeDee on April 15, 2006, 06:18:05 pm

How about Wanger?

Wanger or Wagner?

I do want it to be realistic! LOL

DeeDee · « **Reply #5 on:** April 15, 2006, 06:28:36 pm »

Wanger..but Monroe Wagner sounds better.

Meryl · « **Reply #6 on:** April 15, 2006, 07:03:15 pm »

Monroe Waxman

two_bloody_shirts · « **Reply #7 on:** April 15, 2006, 07:27:03 pm »

I always got the impression "Monroe" was his last name, but even Alma Sr calls him that.

MaineWriter · « **Reply #8 on:** April 15, 2006, 08:06:14 pm »

Quote from: two_bloody_shirts on April 15, 2006, 07:27:03 pm

I always got the impression "Monroe" was his last name, but even Alma Sr calls him that.

Hmmm, interesting...but in my story, it has been set that Monroe is his first name so we need a last name....

Chaplin_fan · « **Reply #9 on:** April 15, 2006, 08:15:56 pm »

Monroe Madison

MaineWriter · « **Reply #10 on:** April 15, 2006, 08:31:00 pm »

Quote from: Chaplin_fan on April 15, 2006, 08:15:56 pm

Monroe Madison

Hmmm, interesting but still not zinging me...

Tom you are new here, ya like fanfic? I wrote a single story which has turned into a more elaborate tale....if you feel like glancing at it, your thoughts are welcome. Link is in an earlier post.
L

David · « **Reply #11 on:** April 15, 2006, 08:39:18 pm »

.....Monroe Weston. Weston is the name of a town 30 miles southwest of Lightning Flat.

DeeDee · « **Reply #12 on:** April 15, 2006, 08:44:33 pm »

Maybe something simple like..Clark.

kirkmusic · « **Reply #13 on:** April 15, 2006, 08:55:02 pm »

I'm with deedee. Anderson. Johnson. Something plain might be good.

Baxter. uh...

newyearsday · « **Reply #14 on:** April 15, 2006, 08:57:06 pm »

How about something like Steadman? As in steady man....He's got the security Alma needs, but boy, is he boring. No dynamic "Twists" or swirling seas (Del Mar).

Jenny

two_bloody_shirts · « **Reply #15 on:** April 15, 2006, 08:57:34 pm »

Stevens or Stephens.

I also like: Pepper, Cameron, Carter, and Fisk.

ETA: What about Judson?

delalluvia · « **Reply #16 on:** April 15, 2006, 09:18:05 pm »

Yeah, let's stick with Proulx's habit of name symbolism. What kind of ethnicities settled Wyoming?

We got Del Mar, Beers, Twist, Aguirre, Wroe, Stoutamire...

Sheyne · « **Reply #17 on:** April 15, 2006, 09:20:45 pm »

Monroe San Johnson... (think about it...)

DeeDee · « **Reply #18 on:** April 15, 2006, 09:25:24 pm »

Okay, lets try

Lafayette or Beaudry

MaineWriter · « **Reply #19 on:** April 15, 2006, 09:34:38 pm »

For whatever reason, I am liking Fisk

Monroe Fisk
Alma Beers Fisk

fernly · « **Reply #20 on:** April 15, 2006, 10:02:52 pm »

Hey Leslie,
I was thinking...Annie said she didn't invent any names, just looked in newspapers, etc....Monroe's a grocer, probably belongs to the local Chamber of Commerce...googled Wyoming Chamber of Commerce...got Lander's C of C, which includes Riverton. There're a lot of names, (unusual sounding and not), whether for Monroe or any future characters.
A few that caught my eye - Birkle, Brace, Trautman....
http://www.landerchamber.org/memberlist.aspx

David · « **Reply #21 on:** April 15, 2006, 10:04:52 pm »

Birkle? That's perfect! Definately quirky enough!

Brown Eyes · « **Reply #22 on:** April 16, 2006, 11:57:38 am »

Wow, fernly, that's very resourceful! Are there any clues from inside Monroe's grocery store in the film? Any signs or anything that might provide a clue? I've never thought about this problem before. I'll think about it tonight when I watch the movie again.

dmmb_Mandy · « **Reply #23 on:** April 16, 2006, 02:36:17 pm »

How about 'Lanford'; Monroe Lanford. I like it.

http://www.wildlifeart.org/Collections/ArtistBio.cfm?tArtistid=253&tUrl=ArtistBioMain.cfm&UrlName=Artist%20Biographies

(I googled: Wyoming Monroe)

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #24 on:** April 16, 2006, 04:12:11 pm »

Well, so what's the verdict after all the input?

"Fisk" sounds awfully New England to me, MaineWriter.

If it isn't too late, I'll put in my two cents for something like "Dunlap."

Monroe Dunlap.

Hmm, if you don't use that one, maybe I will, as I may have a need to give him a name.

Or, I like to make little plays off the story. In the AP original, the grocer's name is Bill, as in "I'm goin' a yell for Bill!" at Thanksgiving. How about something like Monroe Bilson, or Billings, or Billups?

Hmm, maybe I ought a use one a those!

Ellemeno · « **Reply #25 on:** April 16, 2006, 05:08:13 pm »

In the short story, his first name is Bill:

"I'm goin a yell for Bill."

MaineWriter · « **Reply #26 on:** April 16, 2006, 07:02:22 pm »

Hmmmm, liking Billings, with Jeff's rationale...

Monroe & Alma Billings

that might work...

David · « **Reply #27 on:** April 16, 2006, 07:05:31 pm »

Billings? No, that has a "Montana" sound to it. At least Dunlap is boring like the character Monroe.

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #28 on:** April 16, 2006, 09:56:43 pm »

Quote from: DavidinHartford on April 16, 2006, 07:05:31 pm

At least Dunlap is boring like the character Monroe.

Thank you, David! That's exactly what I was getting at!

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Author Topic: The name Monroe contest! (Read 7615 times)

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