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15239390 No.15239390 [Reply] [Original]

Why do most good writers have distinct names?

>> No.15239401

>racist cat man
>good

>> No.15239410

>>15239401
His racism helped make his writing better

>> No.15239413

>>15239401
his name, not his cat's

>> No.15239423

>>15239390

Guys like Lovecraft and Kafka are an exception but most are the result of notoriety after the fact. Faulkner, Fitzgerald, James, Eliot (George), are hardly spectacular.

>> No.15239429

>>15239390

Unironically marketing

>> No.15239432

>>15239423
This. Also pen names are a thing.

>> No.15239448

>>15239390
I bet his cat would be a fantastic writer

>> No.15239450

>>15239390
Because only known writers are called good writers, and all famous names seem distinct, because the name is recognized, and thereby you can distinguish it from an unfamiliar name.

>> No.15239484

David Foster Wallace?

>> No.15239619

>>15239423
I'd disagree about Faulkner, especially since his name was really Falkner and he added the "u" to make it look more genteel. That's part of the answer, I suppose. Authors with interesting names use them. Otherwise, they either tweak their name in some way or adopt a pen name.

>> No.15239724

Nominative determinism

>> No.15239800

>>15239484
''good writers''

>> No.15239811

>>15239724
what even is that word.
english is so pretentious