writers_loft | same name attributes (Reply)

Have you ever read a story where the main character's name has the same name of the author?

If so, how did you feel about that?
Did it affect the story in any way?
Did it take away from the setting/tone/feeling of the story because you kept being reminded of the author, and not the character, in the situations?
What does that say, to you, about the author?

If not, how would you feel if you did read a story with same name attributes?
Do you think that it would affect the story?
Do you think that it would take away from the setting/tone/feeling of the story because you kept being reminded of the author, and not the character, in the situations?
If you knew that a story had same name attributes, what would that tell you about the author?

I was just wondering because a guy in my Writing Fiction class turned in a story that had a character with the same first and last name as him. And I'm not too fond of same name attributes.

You can read my response in my journal here.