: Re: Should I make up my own names for the days of the week/months I'm writing a light fantasy book. I think it will end up falling into the YA genre. I'm considering making my own names up

You don't need to invent new names for concepts, unless they somehow relate to the storyline.

Instead, use relative names like tomorrow and yesterday, but not Thursday or next-week. Relative Celestial names like "next month" or "after the new moon" or "next growing season" are totally transferable too.

+1 for realising its pretentious. Remember the Fiction Rule of Thumb in xkcd.com/483/

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