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  • ozmosis7
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    For the title of my first book, "These Trespasses" came from a repeated text. Once I had it in there twice it just sort of felt right. "Grave Revelations" actually was text I pulled out of the 1st book. Those came easy to me. Most don't though, and an interesting feature in my crit group is that they grade the title. Cafedoom has a really good structure and sometimes just getting a grade on your title makes you dig deeper.

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  • KT Wagner
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    I love this thread! I love learning about how others handle writing challenges. Titles are a hurdle for me.

    Great ideas - I wish I could add something clever but...

    ...oh well. Back to work on my untitled WIP.

    KT

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  • ozmosis7
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    LOL! That is a funny site. Bookmarking it. Never know.

    Ever fool with this?
    http://iwl.me/

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  • Dan Hocker
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    Originally posted by mlouisdixon View Post
    Well, use the Random Title Generator--of course!

    MLD
    Oh man I love those random name generators. The Prison Bi*#h Name generator is the best. I think I remember my one high school history teacher being "Tossed Salad".... lol (sorry off topic)

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  • mlouisdixon
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    Originally posted by RJHubbard53 View Post
    How do you choose a title for your work?
    Well, use the Random Title Generator--of course!

    MLD

    *Got these:

    Chocolate-Covered Effluvium
    Impulsive Cadavers
    Putrid Frogs
    Frozen Humans With Digital Verisimilitude
    Last edited by mlouisdixon; 06-20-2011, 08:23 PM. Reason: To add a couple of titles

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  • Nik Houser
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    Originally posted by RJHubbard53 View Post
    thanks, all. It is a very small piece but its better than nothing; kinda feel silly about even mentioning it
    F*CK THAT. Say it loud and proud, man. You've earned it.

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  • RJHubbard53
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    Originally posted by Craig Wallwork View Post
    RJ - I think you need to christen the Acceptance thread. Congrats.
    when it's more than an email and i have a link to the announcement, i will

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  • Craig Wallwork
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    RJ - I think you need to christen the Acceptance thread. Congrats.

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  • ozmosis7
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    Yes, I missed that. Gratz on the acceptance.

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  • RJHubbard53
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    thanks, all. It is a very small piece but its better than nothing; kinda feel silly about even mentioning it but a credit is a credit, no?

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  • Randy D. Rubin
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    Congratulations RJ! I love to hear when someone gets published, gets their foot in the proverbial door. Well done.

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  • TerryE
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    RJ, again congrats on that acceptance. When everything is finalized, you'll have to let us know when & where to pick it up.

    As far as titles are concerned, I"m never too happy with mine. They're usually just a noun describing the main part of the story. Sometimes the title writes the story, and sometimes vice versa (like most everyone else here). Now I love when the title can be taken two ways, or even several different ways. If you've ever seen the cover of Rush's album "Moving Pictures" there's at least 3 different interpretations of the phrase in the cover art. I've got one story idea that I'm trying to use nearly every English definition of a certain word in the context of the story, to give it meaning on several different levels.

    But don't let the title stress you out. If you've ever seen a list of Seinfeld episodes, they always went with very simple titles (The Contest, The Jacket) with the intention of keeping the writers focused on the script and not trying to think of some cutesy title for the episode. Your title can come from a line of the story, a character name or nickname, or the theme of the tale. Some people use the last line of the story, but I usually don't like that since the whole story seems like a set-up of a joke.

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  • RJHubbard53
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    Originally posted by Nik Houser View Post
    And HUGE CONGRATULATIONS on being published! Is this your first acceptance?
    thanks, Nik! Yep, my first submission (aside from this contest) and my first acceptance. I'll try not to let it go to my head

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  • Craig Wallwork
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    Originally posted by Nik Houser View Post
    Those are some outstanding title's, Craig. Sigourney Weaver Stole My Shadow is fan-fucking-tastic.
    Thanks. Hopefully Sigourney Weaver will never reads it, otherwise she may sue me. :O

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  • Nik Houser
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    Those are some outstanding title's, Craig. Sigourney Weaver Stole My Shadow is fan-fucking-tastic.

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