Question Posted Saturday February 28 2015, 1:04 pm
I'm writing a story about a girl and a guy who fall in love in the girls least favorite subject. And the guys friends don't approve and all that crazy stuff... Anyways I need help with a title, this is all the information I want to give right now. So hopefully that is enough. I just want to have a simple title so it doesn't have to be really creative or anything. Thanks for any of your idea!
Dragonflymagic answered Saturday February 28 2015, 5:29 pm: I write too dear. Sometimes, I have a title but once I get into the middle of the story, some phrase someone says sounds catchy and I will use it instead for a title. I also read alot and sometimes the author has an odd title that occurs only once in the book later on and has no correspondance to all the other stuff that happens. Example: A favorite author Diane Gabaldon has a famous "Outlander" series. One of the books was called 'Dragonfly in Amber'. There was only one instance where a person gave the female character a gift of a dragonfly captured in a piece of amber. The story didn't center around the dragonfly at all.
Some people use the setting to put in the title. If they go to a certain school, or live in a lake side community, the name of that area is part of the title.
You've not given enough info that could give me any ideas. I don't know if this is grade school, HS, or college age we;re talking about. A guys friends not approving of him dating isn't enough unless you want the entire book to be about only that. then you could title it "Don't Date Her!"
Be creative. Give a name to the school, what type of kids go there, Is it a low income neighborhood and all the struggles that come with that or perhaps most the kids are the preppy types. What is the name of the school? You may change its name as you get further into the story. So if the story is about teens and trouble, or struggles, or dating...play around picking a name for the school to go with the issue using same letter for school name such as Dating at Darlington High, the darling part reinforces the story is about dating issues. Or Troubles at Tinkerville High, don't worry about not having a title unless you've finished your story. Read it over again for something that stands out like a action in the story. The guy hands the girl a bouquet of daisys he picked from Moms garden but by time she gets them, they are wilted...so you can name the story 'Wilted Daisies' or the girl buys new makeup to wear for the guy to get his attention or impress him only he's not into makeup that much. He see's lips as bright colored as jelly beans and makes a comment on it. His comment becomes the title, "Jelly bean Lips". Play around with it and have fun. I changed the wording of my title until it was catchy but short, I wanted a 4 word title or less. Good luck. [ Dragonflymagic's advice column | Ask Dragonflymagic A Question ]
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