How do writers come up with character names? Some raid their emails, some plunder their school days " and some take inspiration from Psycho. Stephen Poliakoff, Abi Morgan and more talk to David Jays about the hunt for the perfect moniker'I've never had a character called Jonathan," muses Stephen Poliakoff. "I don't like the name. But I've used Richard twice." The writer of nearly 50 plays and screenplays, including l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:25PM on January 6, 2014