tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049806523867335071.post1593481647299039622..comments2023-09-07T08:36:51.106-07:00Comments on Garden Full of Lily: Finding a TitleJennie Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02088195986628533511noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049806523867335071.post-82837820259976805932010-08-17T23:06:24.253-07:002010-08-17T23:06:24.253-07:00Bee - It's so good to know that I'm not in...Bee - It's so good to know that I'm not in this alone!<br /><br />Summer - Interesting that it's the same way with your short stories. I live with the thesaurus up when I write. It didn't help much when I was brainstorming for titles, though. I think my words may have been a bit limited.<br /><br />Rosie - I love that you jumped the gun. :-) <br /><br />Jen - I really like your steps. I'm not sure that I'm set with this title so I think I may try them after the rewrite is done. Or maybe during the rewrite if I'm having a blocked day.<br /><br />Karen - I keep reading that you can't get too attached to your title because the publisher can change it! That's why I don't want to spend too much time focusing on it.<br /><br />Melissa - Don't feel guilty! I'm glad that it comes easy to you!<br /><br />Mina - I LOVE it! I love that it has double meaning. Windfall - definitely sounds like a book I would buy!Jennie Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088195986628533511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049806523867335071.post-12805092299479286092010-08-17T15:05:17.003-07:002010-08-17T15:05:17.003-07:00Titling has always come fairly easy for me. Like m...Titling has always come fairly easy for me. Like my current WiP is called "Windfall" which has a duel purpose. It's the name of the town where the story is set, but it also is a word defined as 1 : something (as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind<br />2 : an unexpected, unearned, or sudden gain or advantage and both definitions really fit the theme of the story.<br /><br />But for other things, I change titles willy nilly. It is hard if nothing strikes you!Paigeewahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07147262096880585294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049806523867335071.post-53482033451693888792010-08-17T10:57:32.894-07:002010-08-17T10:57:32.894-07:00I feel bad.... My title came pretty easy to me. It...I feel bad.... My title came pretty easy to me. It just made so much sense.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096764010151024050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049806523867335071.post-91861947710133227342010-08-17T09:29:26.934-07:002010-08-17T09:29:26.934-07:00The title can be tough that's for sure! Then o...The title can be tough that's for sure! Then once it's accepted for publication, the publisher might change it again. I'm now off to this link you gave. Thanks!Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153821980625034810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049806523867335071.post-83504460271285072772010-08-17T08:49:54.607-07:002010-08-17T08:49:54.607-07:00I have steps.
Step 1 - Start with a name
Lauren&...I have steps. <br /><br />Step 1 - Start with a name<br />Lauren's Story<br />Stella's Story<br />Sadie's Story<br /><br />(focusing on the MC helps me realize a proper title)<br /><br />Step 2 - Feelings & Goals<br />Finding Me<br />Getting to Peloria<br />You Wish You Were Me<br /><br />(I take my feeling and goal/outcome of the story and title it then)<br /><br />Step 3 - Final Thoughts<br />The Traveler's<br />Getting to Peloria<br /><br />(Sometimes my title changes, other times it remains the same, it all depends on my feelings at the end)<br /><br />I love the idea you have at the moment and I think it's brilliant while you continue to work on your story!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667521490706435608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049806523867335071.post-90992065522669533092010-08-17T07:42:14.751-07:002010-08-17T07:42:14.751-07:00Titling for me is nearly impossible. I've toi...Titling for me is nearly impossible. I've toiled over RG's post dozens of times, asked my librarian friends for help with contemporary titles that I might not know (and then getting my butt to the library), web-charting, the whole nine yards. I have gotten a subtitle (it's a series), but I don't have the main part. You know, the "Harry Potter and" part. Argh. I'm tempted to hire someone to do it for me :)<br /><br />Dark Forest sounds pretty great, and gives so much potential for an awesome cover... yeah, I'm jumping the gun, I know.RosieChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07911305246379355484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049806523867335071.post-19271466316025668642010-08-17T07:13:07.801-07:002010-08-17T07:13:07.801-07:00Mine varies, I have to wait until I have completed...Mine varies, I have to wait until I have completed the story though, which is a little easier for more since I tend to write short stories. Have you tried using an online thesaurus and looking up words familiar to the ones you chose?Summer Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122694893668693244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049806523867335071.post-64766435048129646672010-08-17T06:11:47.455-07:002010-08-17T06:11:47.455-07:00Titling is so, so hard for me. My current WiP titl...Titling is so, so hard for me. My current WiP title, What Was Mine, appeared months after the book did.<br /><br />Dark Forest sounds intriguing. I wonder what goes on there :)Bidishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17382938442171208326noreply@blogger.com