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05-12-2007, 11:16 PM
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Naming a Book
Greetings, ManaCorp 'ere.
Just wondering if someone has any advice on how to name a book, I've always used generic one's such as: ManaQuest and Journey, just to fill that in and take my mind off it. But now I need a title anyway, I'd love some of your advice!!
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05-13-2007, 12:31 PM
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Well, that depends on the book, doesn't it?
Can you give me a brief summary of what yours is about?
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05-13-2007, 08:53 PM
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i find that books will name themselves, if you pay attention to what you've written... somewhere in there is a perfect title...
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05-14-2007, 04:33 AM
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You need a title that is related in some way to the book and will catch people's attention. After all, a lot of the time the first bit of the book you see is the spine, and the title.
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05-14-2007, 09:51 AM
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It depends on the story, to a large extent, as well as the genre, and finally on your own taste.
Quirky titles can be very successful, like The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream; but who would have thought of that one?
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05-18-2007, 11:09 AM
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Quirky titles can be very successful, like The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream; but who would have thought of that one?
Without Obama's name recognition, threre would be a rejection letter in the making.
There is crap written; and, I ain't saying his is crap, by well known people that would not be published bu you or me.
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05-18-2007, 01:26 PM
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-A title bridging from the theme of the book
-An extremely memorable phrase from the book
-An allusion to another literary work (a SUBTLE one) that relates in some way to your book.
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05-18-2007, 01:29 PM
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I agree with sixlivesdown's first point, find the most important unifying theme in your book and apply a pointed and succinct title to it. Then name it your book.
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05-18-2007, 01:43 PM
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I think the best (most interesting) way to title a book is to use an important phrase within the book, as sixlivesdown suggested.
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05-18-2007, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by mammamaia
i find that books will name themselves, if you pay attention to what you've written... somewhere in there is a perfect title...
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good advice! but if you end up calling it 'chapter 1' you know who to blame
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05-18-2007, 08:23 PM
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hey, that's a nifty title!... could work well with any number of plots...
story of a guy who led a dozen lives [or had a dozen wives]?
mystery about a novelist who was killed before he finishes his thriller?
comic romance about a reader falling in love with a novel's hero?
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Last edited by mammamaia : 05-18-2007 at 08:27 PM.
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