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How to Come up with Great Titles
A follower recently asked me if I had a post about coming up with titles, and since I didnāt, I decided to write one.
Coming up with titles is weird sometimes.
For example, I have had stories where the title simply ācame to meā before Iād even started writing it.
Other times I couldnāt come up with or even consider a title until the story was essentially completed.
You can also throw working titles in thereātitles you slap onto a WIP until you get further along and really consider it (or until an editor wants to call it something different).
If a title just ācame to you,ā thatās great, but you also might want to double check that it is really the best title for the work.
Other than the cover art, the title is perhaps the most important selling point on the book itself. It might be what gets a reader to pick up the novel to look at. (After that, the back cover copy obviously becomes important.) Unfortunately as writers, most of us have no say in what the cover art isāif we are publishing traditionally. But we do have some say in the title.
Often, the best titles capture an interesting image/concept, promises what kind of story the book is, or both. Genre may also factor in.
Itās usually better to be more specific than vague. Remember that whole post I did on vagueness? And also this whole post I did on not picking generic details? As a reminder, if something is too vague, the audience doesnāt get enough context, and therefore canāt care about the story. If something is too generic, it leaves no impression and is forgettable.
One time in my writing group years ago, we decided to go through the bookshelf (near where we met in a library) and find the worst title we could. To this day, some of us still remember that meeting because of that. The worst?
The Land
That was a title. (And the cover art was equally boring.) This is a horrible title, in part because of the points I just made. āThe Landā is very vague and very generic. I have no clue what land we are talking about or why I should care about itāI have zero interest in this book (other than the fact the title is so awful). I have no idea what genre it is. Is this something geographical? A Land Before Time wannabe? Who knows.
Now, because I know people are going to go search that title on Amazon, I want you to know that this book did not have a subtitle. It did not have a cover image that conveyed a story. It was just The Land.
aka, THE WORST.
So lets talk about some examples that fit into the two categories I named.
1. Captures an interesting (and specific) image or concept.
2. Promises an interesting or specific kind of story
Also, probably worth mentioning is that just because I refer to the title as an example, it does not necessarily mean I have read or watched itājust grabbing examples, some I know, some came up in searches.
Interesting (and Specific) Image or Concept
Mistborn is a good example of this. It takes two images or concepts we are familiar with and smashes them together. We know what mist is. And we know what it means to be born. These are concepts and images that are specific. However, we donāt know what it means to be or act Mistborn, so itās intriguing. Maybe this is why we pick up the book. Because we understand enough about those two concepts, but we want to know what this concept means.
Well, next thing you know, you are reading the back cover (which is equally interesting) and then opening the book.
Notice too, that the word mist is something that is associated with mystery and maybe even eeriness. In thick mist, we canāt clearly see whatās in front of us. Itās also a word that has some association with the otherworldly, whether itās from Stephen Kingās The Mist, or someone in Middle-earth talking about The Misty Mountains.
āMistā creates a sort of buzz because of its associations and connotationsālike those ābuzzwordsā I talked about in my post, 5 Tricks that Help with Hooks.
Here are some other examples that use this technique:
The Runelords Lord of the Rings Night Circus Jurassic Park The Raven Boys The Book Thief The Hunger GamesĀ Ghost in the Shell Legally Blonde Phantom of the Opera Death NoteĀ
Other times, the title may capture a more specific image:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Day the Earth Stood Still A Princess in Theory Donāt Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus The Time Travelerās Wife Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie To Kill a Mockingbird
Remember, it is not required that you are highly specific, you just need to be specific enough.
Promises an Interesting or Specific Kind of StoryĀ
Harry Potter and the Sorcererās Stone, this is a title that promises that this story is about Harry. I know that sounds obvious, but itās more than that. This story isnāt just about some amazing plot. Itās about the daily life of Harry Potter, too. What itās like going to a magical school. Itās not always about fighting dark wizards or saving the world. Sometimes itās about dealing with your awful aunt, friends, and schoolwork.
I believe the title was changed to Sorcererās Stone here in the U.S. because thatās better for marketing. A philosopher may be interesting to kids. But from a marketing standpoint, a sorcerer is more interesting, because it implies there will be magic in the book, not philosophy.
So we know that this is a series about a person, but also has fantastical elements or some adventure to it: Sorcererās Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban (again, notice specific images).
Likewise, Diary of a Wimpy Kid immediately conveys what kind of story this is. Like Harry Potter, itās about a person. āWimpy kidā is interesting because no kids would typically describe themselves as that. āDiaryā tells us this is a slice-of-life story, but itās also interesting, because what boy would say they own a ādiaryā?
Here are some others.
The Kiss Quotient (Romance) Austenland (this will be about Jane Austenāalso, notice the unique concept) Sherlock Holmes (this is a series about following the intelligent detective, the character) The President is Missing (pretty obvious, but immediately tells you what kind of story it is) The Da Vinci Code National Treasure Hamilton War of the Worlds Sixth Sense Cowboys and Aliens Lost in Space A Series of Unfortunate Events Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Little House on the Prairie The Little Mermaid Goosebumps Pride, Prejudice, and Zombies The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
These all make promises, about the genre, story structure, emotional appeals, plot, or whatever else.
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Found you through your florist stories. Is there a way I could subtly tell someone to fuck off with flowers?
In flower language? Probably, I think Iāve even reblogged something to that effect. Butā¦.most ppl donāt know flower language anymore. No, if you need a true āfuck youā then hereās my DIY official tutorial, the Death Bouquet:
(This is gonna be the least wholesome post Iāve ever written and I am so sorry but I am also laughing while I type this.)
Iāve been railing on Pink Floyd roses a lot for their thorns lately because one has sliced my hand open recently. Get some of those.
Next. Get you some ornamental thorn roses. (Iām not 100% but I think mermaid climbing roses fall into this and are also brutal)
Next. Thistles. Lots of thistles. More thistles than sense.
Next. Dusty miller flower greens. Soft. Weak. Floppy. Clog up your bouquet with these, especially in the middle where theyāll make the stems stick together.
Next. Babyās Breath. This is your secret weapon. You canāt tell when theyāre dead half the time, theyāre strong. Too strong. The wrong touch and FOOOOOOF. Tiny leaves and petals EVERYWHERE itās as good as a glitter bomb.
NEXT. Abandon common arrangement sense. Fillers first, clog the center with fillers. Clog it, make it dense. Stick a rose or two in, but you want at least 70% filler.
NEXT. Hide the thistles. Hide them under the roses. Make sure some of the heads are at hand level. Spray them with water. You want those stems damp and miserable. Thistles harden as they die.
NEXT. The roses. Line this puppy in roses. Ornamentals and Floyds should be along the outside, this bouquet should be DEADLY to put any weight on. Spray them with water. This bouquet should be so tightly packed that your āhandleā looks more like a solid mass than anything else.
NEXT. Wrap them in paper. TISSUE PAPER. Thin, weak, damp. Even gardening gloves canāt save your hands now.
NEXT. Be strong, treat the bouquet like a bed of nails. The more evenly spread the weight, the less likely you are to get hurt. You will be tempted to give these roses away in person, but be strong. Your ginger body language will give up the game.
FINALLY. Deliver them. Know. KNOW that your plan has worked, because anyone with any sense will see a bouquet and just FIST it with one hand. Maybe the other will come to support it. But just that. Just the hands. Meeting thorny death. A dozen little needle presses. The paper will be too damp to unravel, to see what has done this. Theyāll grab it a few times, trying to learn the secret.
Deliver it with a nice note. Sincere, heartfelt. Make them feel obligated to deep the Death Bouquet. This is where the density comes in. Damp, suffocating, these flowers will mold in secret. Theyāll die and their odor will permeate the air. But, because of the nature of the babyās breathā¦.itāll be hard to find. Hard to detect. The roses will be sheltered because theyāre on the outside, getting air and water. But the center will mold, and stink.
Eventually, theyāll realize itās the flowers, and theyāll move the bouquet, and POOF, it will shatter, leaves and petals everywhere, releasing a gag worthy odor unlike anything theyāve smelled before.
And thatās how you say āfuck youā with a bouquet.
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Baby-Doll Batman: The Animated Series
This is one criminally underrated Batman villain.
SERIOUSLY THOUGH SHE WAS MY FAVORITE BATMAN VILLAIN
Her physical condition didnāt allow her to age
No one took her seriously as an actress
And even when she was trying to get into a happy romantic relationship (albeit with another villain) he still couldnāt take her seriously as a consenting, sexually active and romantically interested adult
Thatās a lot of blows to someoneās psycheĀ
and Babydoll is both a sympathetic villain and a formidable one
I remember this episode fucked me up a a kid.Ā
And man, do I wish we could see this Batman again: the Batman that consoles his villains, because the majority (if not all) of them are mentally ill people. And Batman knows this and wants them healthy again, not punished and GOD definitely not dead.
Baby Doll is so underrated as a Batman villainĀ
but her episode was perfectĀ
Batman: The Animated Series The story of one fucked up, traumatized little boy, doing his best to help other fucked up traumatized people.
#this show is the only batcanon that matters to me #dc can burn everything else down but theyāll never pry the dcau from cold dead clawed hands
The Batman that cares about the inmates is my favorite. He doesnāt put up with their shit, but he does try to reach out here and there and heās as human as he can be to them.
When Harley was re-institutionalized, he got her that dress she wanted.
In the comics based on B:tAS, there was a time during Christmas that there was snow and it was Mr. Freezeās fault, and he was making it snow because Christmas was his anniversary with Nora and she LOVED it when it snowed on Christmas, so Batman let him finish mourning before calmly taking him back to Arkham.
He never, ever gives up on Harvey possibly recovering.
Sure, Batman is going to throw punches and do what it takes to take these guys down when theyāre hurting or threatening people. And heās not going be a complete bleeding heart; he has to protect the innocent. Heās going to take them down and take them back to Arkham, but it doesnāt mean heās incapable of being a bit human to the ones who deserve it.
Batman needs become human again
Because it needs to be here:
Remember that time a young girl with near god-like psychic powers threatened to destroy reality and the only one that could stop her was Batman because he had a previous encounter with her and was tasked with killing her to restore reality.
But instead, Batman sat with her on a swing and kept her company as the girlās psychic powers slowly killed her.
No?
Fuck you people making me emotional
The. Batman.
This is MY Batman, not the murderous fascist theyāve made him into.
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Nines: your humanĀ āHankā (actually makes the air quotes) is pathetic and disgusting
Connor, without looking up from his case files: I have 136 pieces of evidence that your human is secretly three raccoons in a trench coat and they all have rabies
Nines: you donāt have all the facts
Connor: which are??
Nines: I tolerate him

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inktober day 5 | chicken
This turned into a farm au of sorts? I donāt know, I just looked at the prompt and had the sudden urge to draw Connor cuddling a chicken (theyāre kinda cute when theyāre not being murderous little t-rexes)
I love Connor and Hankā¦I ship them so hard. I know itās late, but better late than never XDĀ