forum Titling your book

Started April 17, 2018 by @Paperok

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Explain your book titles to me.

“The Truth of Lies” for a girl who was taken from her home after her parents deaths and abandoned for 13 years… develops severe ptsd…. is eventually taken back to her original home under the pretense of dozens of lies… pretty much a depressing novel i came up with and now slightly regret writing because its really bad

"Of Turnstikes, Boots, and Williamses" the main characters are all part of one of those families; Ada and Clarence Williams, Rosie Boot, and Monty, Skippy, Tucker, Mills, and Wellie Turnstike

"Flowers For Fall" One of the things the main character's mother does is plant indoor flowers in the fall, so that at winter time, seasonal depression wouldn't hit.They mean more than that but it's complicated and hard to explain.

It's a little dumb but one of my stories is about a demon named Angélique Noir and it's called "Black Angel"

"Things That Fall". Each chapter title is a thing that can fall, such as leaves, rain, flower petals, people, tears, stars, and more. It's about a girl whose father committed suicide.

Half-Life, its about this character who somehow has immortality who lives in a world after the nuclear apocalypse, and something that crosses his mind a lot is the half life of the radioactive stuff that's siting around everywhere, which would be about half of the time that he has to live in this wasteland.

The Mirror, is about a abused girl who has managed to activate a portal in mirrors and has landed in another world where everything is the opposite, uhhhh I haven't thought that far yet though.

So the trilogy I'm working on refers to the progression of the character. The main character is a witch who is starting her apprenticeship, making her a witch in training, what they refer to as a 'Witchling'. In the second book, she goes to join the goup of evil witches (who aren't actually all that evil) making her a 'Darkling'. And finally in the last book she is taken over by a primordial force of chaos that she is kinda sorta the reincarnation of (kinda sorta, its complicated). That power elevates her to basically a status of godhood, making her a 'Godling'.

Okay, gimme a sec. I gott a lot of plots with great titles that I never wrote
Sagittarius - it’s a superhero story, the story is told from the POV of a girl who’s super name is Sagittarius
Extinction of the Gods - gods abandoned the human race, it was a rp at one point so you could probably dig it up to read the full plot
War is a 20 Sided Dice - a story about a war and a revolution told from six POVs
Illusion Gone Wrong - in a world of powers, an illusionist princess joins the rebellion out of spite and fury against her parents who killed her twin sister for publicity
Adieu - supernatural story about letting go and saying goodbye (it’s a shitty plot lmao)
Mercy - spirit animals fan fiction
Patience is a Virtue - HP fan fiction, Fred Weasley love story about the one girl they could never seem to make Nagy. Companion story would be Forever Faithful
Some others are History of the Stars, Thank You, Thantophobia, Flower Girls, The Story Of Us (which I might continue at some point), On The Other Side Of The Fence, and When Lightning Struck Twice :)

This will help you nail down a title based on originality, popular tag words, and market strategy. http://www.lulu.com/titlescorer/ That is if anyone here is having a difficult time coming up with titles or names like I do.

"In the Eyes of the Devil"
Set in Victorian London, an investigator, a journalist, and a sketch artist are sent to investigate and debunk the rumor of a family with… abilities. The three girls with the alleged abilities don't know how or why they have these abilities, but something about them ties the girls to the dark world of the paranormal. In a whirlwind of events, the girls and the men sent to investigate them draw closer to the truth, set in the heart of a web of lies that includes the girls' dead mother, their protective father, and a mysterious man who may be the devil himself.

I'm not super far into the plot yet but I'm feeling inspired and excited…

"To Stop A War"
This is my Fictionpress summary: The war has been going on for as long as Princess Lace can remember. So on a cold winter's morning, she takes matters into her own hands. With her two best friends at her side, Lace embarks on a journey across the country, dodging guardsmen and finding allies along the way. No one said it would be easy…but no one said it would be so hard.

Basically, the title's hinting at the fact that she's totally unprepared to actually stop a war. She's unaware of the personal sacrifices that are required of her. This wasn't the original title, I tinkered with it just recently for no reason other than I'd gotten sick of the original.