diff --git a/twin/screen.go b/twin/screen.go
index 0bf99ca..969ab13 100644
--- a/twin/screen.go
+++ b/twin/screen.go
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ func (screen *UnixScreen) Events() chan Event {
 }
 
 // Write string to ttyOut, panic on failure, return number of bytes written.
-func (screen *UnixScreen) write(string string) int {
-	bytesWritten, err := screen.ttyOut.Write([]byte(string))
+func (screen *UnixScreen) write(s string) int {
+	bytesWritten, err := screen.ttyOut.Write([]byte(s))
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/twin/styledRune.go b/twin/styledRune.go
index 228ba77..e9af9bc 100644
--- a/twin/styledRune.go
+++ b/twin/styledRune.go
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ type StyledRune struct {
 	Style Style
 }
 
-func NewStyledRune(rune rune, style Style) StyledRune {
+func NewStyledRune(char rune, style Style) StyledRune {
 	return StyledRune{
-		Rune:  rune,
+		Rune:  char,
 		Style: style,
 	}
 }