Help me choose a title. Please!

Discussion in 'Author Discussions' started by Underload, Nov 27, 2020.

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Titles

Poll closed Dec 1, 2020.
  1. Chaotic Neutral

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  2. Roots of evil

    3 vote(s)
    20.0%
  3. Simmering to surge

    2 vote(s)
    13.3%
  4. On the verge of boiling

    3 vote(s)
    20.0%
  5. None were attractive enough

    7 vote(s)
    46.7%
  1. Underload

    Underload <I need someone to scratch my back!>

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    Please be serious, okay. I just can't decide for the life of me. Choose what you would read.

    P.s: can't give a summary because usually only the title is visible.
     
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  2. LordBS

    LordBS Well-Known Member

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    It depends, could you give a summary?
    Just the name itself is meaningless, it needs to make sense based in the premise of the story.
     
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  3. rhianirory

    rhianirory Well-Known Member

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    soooo, you have simmering, boiling, surging and roots....can I assume this is a food based story? is it about an evil carrot?
     
  4. Scholar of Eclipse

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    Well, i'm not sure of what you want to write exactly, but Roots of Evil is the most pleasing title to me. On the verge of boiling and Simmering to Surge sounds kinda weird to me, and Roots of Evil is much more dramatic than Chaotic Neutral.
     
  5. kkgoh

    kkgoh Well-Known Member

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    I think he's trying to write a cookbook.

    May I suggest:
    "All About that Baste"
    "Cooking to Kill"
    "Cooking to Die For ... Literally"
    "Tequila Mockingbird"
    "10 Inter-courses"
    "Life of Pie"
     
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  6. elengee

    elengee Daoist Ninefaps

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    Chilli con carnaval... "let me taste your tears!":blobpeek:
     
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  7. kuroAnsatsu

    kuroAnsatsu Realistically Stoic

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    How about something simpler? Like if you're focusing on the goal, maybe something like "One Piece", or focusing on the main character like "Naruto".
    Make it vague so people would be curious what it is about
     
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  8. Gin_Hindew

    Gin_Hindew Well-Known Member

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    "None were attractive enough"
    Its a book about female incels, femcels? comcels?

    Dude, a story is on the execution so dont try to hog your ideas, believe me, they are not that original anyway, you are only cutting yourself of help
     
  9. Diametric

    Diametric Waifu Connoisseur

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    What do you mean by usually only the title is visible? Why does that mean you can't give a summary?
     
  10. Darius Drake

    Darius Drake A poster of verbose posts

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    The title is only ever enough to get me to read a blurb. Without a description, I would not read any of them. I can also look at your four titles and see three different stories that you may write, but have chosen to ask us on NU about because you care more about the story being "popular" than you do about writing a proper story. I have not seen a story that cares first and foremost about being "popular" being any good, and I recently discovered that an author I had some hope about their work outright stating that they think their story may not be "popular" enough to warrant them bothering to continue killed any enjoyment and hope for the story I had.

    I am worried that the OP have more than one story in mind, or, more optimistically, more than one "MC Cheat/Power" in mind, and are trying to use us as a filter for their "more popular" ideas. I, for the life of me, would not be able to help with a title unless I knew something about the intended story. Alternatively, the OP could just be one of those people who can't give a description without starting a rant outlining the entire, or at least, major parts of the story. However, if this is the case, they NEED to be able to learn how to handle that tendency as soon as possible, as that restraint will help them write a better story.