Comments | luckypagoda: Titular Titles

luckypagoda

Titular Titles

Feb 03, 2008 05:32

Hello there. I'm looking for titles for my next novel coming up. I wonder if you would be so kind as to look these over and tell me which ones are the most interesting? Thank you!

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plusqueparfait February 3 2008, 23:21:07 UTC

Oh wow that's a lot 8D HERE ARE MY THREE FAVORITES--as in, these are the three titles that would make me go "omg what is this book about I must read it."

God Wrote All the Books
Enormously Improved by Death
The Moronic Computer

naleri February 4 2008, 04:53:05 UTC

I don't like any of them especially well. There are a few that make me think "I might read that," but I think it's just because they remind me of kinds of books that I would read. Those few are:

Salt of the Earth
We Should Be Armed
A Sweet Thing

I'm glad you like me for my br00tal honesty.

luckypagoda February 4 2008, 05:24:12 UTC

For some reason, I might have predicted that you wouldn't like many of them.

Still! I appreciate your honesty. I tried a new titling technique that I thought could come up with some interesting, compelling titles. Perhaps some of them are all right. It does, of course, depend on the content of the book.

naleri February 4 2008, 20:38:20 UTC

Oh yes. A lot of the books I've read and enjoyed don't have particularly compelling titles.

I'm curious about this titling technique you speak of. Will you share it with me?

luckypagoda February 4 2008, 21:17:48 UTC

I sure will.

Go to any random quote-generating website and take the last four words of each quote. Use your own discretion to turn it into a title of your choosing. That's it; nothing too special about it.

It's not really super-original, but it beats the heck out of calling things "Untitled" forever.