Hiya! This is LONG LIVE's guide to a Mary-Sue! I've been seeing a lot of these lately and I've wanted to write one for a while. Anyway, I'll be covering each point in a different chapter, so here we go! First point: Names.
This is the first thing that a writer sees about your tribute, so you have to make it effective, but not too awesomely amazing. Trust me, I seriously would name my kids awesomely epic names that they can brag about, but most people just don't.
One of my biggest pet peeves on tributes' names, are putting like, 20 names. Literally, if you are going to put "Lily Amanda Daphne Rose Erica Allie Smith" I can assure you that the writer would be just fine with "Lily Smith" No one cares about middle names on here people! When reaped, the escort would say "Lily Smith" Okay? Unless they're just crazy and their FIRST name is like, 50 names then 1. I feel sorry for them and 2. Seriously, you're the creator, you can change that.
Another thing I would like to cover is common names. PLEASE try to think of something better than "Joe, Sally, David, Rose" (No offense if this is actually your name. I mean it like as HG tribute wise) PLEASE try to think of something a little more original. Let's use my own tributes as examples: my very first tribute was named Anastasia. It's kind of strange, because some stories I submitted her to she died in the bloodbath, and she even won in one! But anyway, Anastasia is a semi-common name. But seriously, how many Anastasia's have you ever met? One? Maybe two? Exactly.
I know a lot of people don't like this, but I personally am a fan of District-themed names. Some of my tributes are "Marina, Paisley, Starzie, and Glow" I'm pretty sure you can figure out which District they each were in. I like this, but I do have some standards. Like for District 11, I hate obvious flower names. "Lily, Rose" Even "Iris" is a little overdone. Seriously, have any of you ever heard of "Rue" before you actually read the book? If your 11 tribute will be named after a flower, try something a little different. Personally, I would squeal with delight if I saw a "Chrysanthemum" Even though it is just a bit long, I really love it.
Now let's get onto last names. Personally, when creating last names, I just put a bunch of random sounds together and see if they make sense. But, I do have to say, if I see just ONE more "Morgenstern" I will go insane!
So, to wrap up this rant, let's just say, be creative when it comes to names.