tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post8468434605903277350..comments2024-03-28T02:34:34.041-07:00Comments on Rachna's Scriptorium: Tackling title troubleRachna Chhabriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16900999965919504282noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-22363477478371199832012-05-01T13:41:19.164-07:002012-05-01T13:41:19.164-07:00I sometimes have a title, sometimes not. I like to...I sometimes have a title, sometimes not. I like to take titles from the end of my story, so sometimes I wait until the story is finished to pick the title.<br /><br />I actually wrote a post on the different types of titles here: <a href="http://lmswriting.blogspot.com/2012/02/lauren-and-post-about-titles.html" rel="nofollow">Lauren and the Post About Titles</a>Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15292139796803739003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-65462950975031427512012-04-30T09:56:10.579-07:002012-04-30T09:56:10.579-07:00I often have a working title before I start writin...I often have a working title before I start writing, but it's never the one that I end up with! <br />Leave your title as Forever More, especially if it inspires you. Later one, you'll stumble across a better one while you write. :)Lydia Kanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484415427764822386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-3051556173823203372012-04-30T07:30:27.539-07:002012-04-30T07:30:27.539-07:00Titles seem to 'open the floodgates of your mi...Titles seem to 'open the floodgates of your mind'. Wow.<br />Title in place = story flow... that's a major advantage for any writer... you are so fortunate...Michelle Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750092836481599870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-25670275562768930752012-04-30T04:59:53.397-07:002012-04-30T04:59:53.397-07:00:) hmmm well I generally write what i am thinking ...:) hmmm well I generally write what i am thinking of or have heard or seen first and then think of a title to the post .. <br /><br />but i guess what you are saying is quiet tricky to find a good title , I have never thought of it that way .. <br /><br />All the best in finding one .. <br /><br /><a href="http://mannbikram.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">Bikram's</a>Bikramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17320753339263375295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-48882500815360259852012-04-30T00:15:42.547-07:002012-04-30T00:15:42.547-07:00I am totally like you Rachna! I cannot proceed on ...I am totally like you Rachna! I cannot proceed on a story, whether it’s a novel or a short piece, without at least a working title in place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-80652434260839175472012-04-29T20:04:56.286-07:002012-04-29T20:04:56.286-07:00I use Google Adwords sometimes for keyword suggest...I use Google Adwords sometimes for keyword suggestions, but thats for my blog. I'm sure books work differently.Life Unordinaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14500378311526554168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-82045896252815582522012-04-29T15:50:57.189-07:002012-04-29T15:50:57.189-07:00I come up with a title at the beginning, even if i...I come up with a title at the beginning, even if it's more of a nickname I know I'll change later. But when I get to working on coming up with a real title, I make a list of keywords that represent my book, and then I start combining them until I come up with something cool. Good luck!alexiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07122487552931794871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-87711872117989294012012-04-29T08:14:22.583-07:002012-04-29T08:14:22.583-07:00When I'm planning I don't always have a ti...When I'm planning I don't always have a title ready, but once I start the draft I must have a title. It would seem like I'm talking to a person with no name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-55313531632453517402012-04-27T17:47:18.646-07:002012-04-27T17:47:18.646-07:00I don't have to have a solid title for a proje...I don't have to have a solid title for a project--though I dislike having to refer to the story with one that really doesn't sit well.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://thegoldeneaglesblog.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">The Eagle's Aerial Perspective</a>Golden Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721520451194318436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-61283054662552864912012-04-27T16:29:36.112-07:002012-04-27T16:29:36.112-07:00I usually have a title, though it may change over ...I usually have a title, though it may change over time. I've never been hung up on titles.writing and living by Richard P Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814139767151989286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-58573792204411263632012-04-27T16:08:19.206-07:002012-04-27T16:08:19.206-07:00My first book had a title and I was fortunate that...My first book had a title and I was fortunate that my publisher wanted to keep it. For the second book, I had no idea what to call it. My publisher suggested two titles and we ran with one of them. The other one is now my working title for the third book.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-61029386983172501632012-04-27T15:56:25.399-07:002012-04-27T15:56:25.399-07:00After studying the link I had on my blog today abo...After studying the link I had on my blog today about creating titles, I spent two hours the other night working on mine. I had one already, but I wanted to come up with something else. <br /><br />The next day I proudly told my choices to my CP and a beta reader. Um, well, lets just say, I'm sticking with my old title. Neither thought anything of my new ones, and both really liked my old one. Go figure!!!!Stinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415189347501942340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-79172398105402738442012-04-27T13:05:35.066-07:002012-04-27T13:05:35.066-07:00Most of my stories have had the title first. That ...Most of my stories have had the title first. That is usually where I get the idea from. That and hubby. Titles are all around us, Rachna. I even found a title one time in something someone said. Also, from a name in the phone book. They're everywhere. :-)Robyn Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-19165684298699218992012-04-27T10:17:13.487-07:002012-04-27T10:17:13.487-07:00Hi friends..I am a lot like Jim, unless and until ...Hi friends..I am a lot like Jim, unless and until there is a title in place I am unable to get the story moving. For me titles inspire the story in a big way.Rachna Chhabriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900999965919504282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-15608549361553988042012-04-27T10:14:50.454-07:002012-04-27T10:14:50.454-07:00Well, Rachna, at least you are thinking along the ...Well, Rachna, at least you are thinking along the lines of those who have been published... so kudos to you!!<br /><br />The title will come, don't worry. Maybe let the story unfold and the title will surface!<br /><br />Bless you.Cheryl Klarichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12633250643087095689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-4323850155416038742012-04-27T08:57:19.219-07:002012-04-27T08:57:19.219-07:00I posted a comment to this and it's disappeare...I posted a comment to this and it's disappeared. Boo hoo!<br />Check out 'Choosing a title' here: http://www.mslexia.co.uk/shop/goodies.php# <br />It's fab advice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-40877837180659980432012-04-27T08:01:41.912-07:002012-04-27T08:01:41.912-07:00I don’t need a title but, certainly as far as the ...I don’t need a title but, certainly as far as the novels go, I prefer to have one in place. As soon as I knew that my last book was to be called <i>Left</i> I started thinking about all kind of aspects of leftness and grafting them into the book. I don’t have a title for what I’m working on just now—okay I have a working title but I don’t like it—and I have to say that it’s bothering me. Until I have one I won’t really know what the book’s about. Too many of us—me included—use titles as labels (I’m especially guilty of this when it comes to poems) whereas they are a real opportunity, not only in a marketing sense, but in getting your reader in the right mindset for what they’re about to read. I wouldn’t worry too much if I learned that a book or a film had the same title unless it was a biggie where there would be genuine confusion. My second novel is called <i>Stranger than Fiction</i> which is now a film but it was the right title for the book. It was already a book too by the 19th century writer John Joseph Halcombe but I don’t see any problem there. The film, too, is now history.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-22635741885470295462012-04-27T07:39:24.753-07:002012-04-27T07:39:24.753-07:00Awww, that must have been a bad feeling.
I strugg...Awww, that must have been a bad feeling.<br /><br />I struggle giving things a title. I wait until it is done--I am sure that I could improve that process.Slamdunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13087161268629251860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-48680826634395598652012-04-27T00:55:08.594-07:002012-04-27T00:55:08.594-07:00For me it varies. Sometimes the title will inspire...For me it varies. Sometimes the title will inspire the story, sometimes the title will fall into place while I'm writing the story, and sometimes I'm doomed and it's like pulling teeth to find the right title, lol.Lynda R Young as Elle Cardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975442291393246148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-83302504949621291452012-04-27T00:31:24.890-07:002012-04-27T00:31:24.890-07:00While penning articles, I rarely ever have a title...While penning articles, I rarely ever have a title in place! This is always an after thought:)Rahul Bhatiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690287853990880735noreply@blogger.com