tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post2202599083387940651..comments2024-03-10T00:54:57.264-08:00Comments on Chantele Sedgwick: Choosing a titleChantele Sedgwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07920913211842919013noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-79941557470393113382012-11-06T19:55:48.767-08:002012-11-06T19:55:48.767-08:00I am most definitely one of those title before-han...I am most definitely one of those title before-hand people. Names are a huge part of my process. I hate not knowing. And I'm actually not that bad at figuring my titles out.Brooke R. Bussehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17147444223968856153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-16808026496321187862012-10-24T20:52:28.993-07:002012-10-24T20:52:28.993-07:00As Jen says farther up in these comments here, I c...As Jen says farther up in these comments here, I can totally write without titles. It doesn't bother me. Then I'll be writing and I'll write down a phrase or type a word that sends goosebumps up my arms and I'll know I've found the title. <br /><br />That didn't exactly happen for Already There because Jen wanted a title like, yesterday. Haha. So we had a text brainstorming session when Jen couldn't handle it anymore and came up with the title. I still got goosebumps when we found it though :)Kelley Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06373650788799372118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-13973459897899535832012-10-22T09:21:50.853-07:002012-10-22T09:21:50.853-07:00I suck at titles. I still hate the titles for the ...I suck at titles. I still hate the titles for the two books I've written. Finally with my third book, I hit pay dirt and found a good title. Good luck thinking of one. If you find any tricks let me know.Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00685341739870191402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-53890928911412863322012-10-21T15:59:16.768-07:002012-10-21T15:59:16.768-07:00Usually, my titles come to me as I write. And they...Usually, my titles come to me as I write. And they sometimes changes more than once, so I don't really worry about it until I've got the rest of my edits worked out.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680066584646789184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-44195763717552008422012-10-21T07:43:51.910-07:002012-10-21T07:43:51.910-07:00I mostly feel like my titles suck. But, I try to u...I mostly feel like my titles suck. But, I try to use something from the book--generally. Like a snappy line, or something related to the theme. It is NOT my favorite thing to do, clearly. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447701441177564869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-89217395886433658652012-10-19T16:01:42.411-07:002012-10-19T16:01:42.411-07:00I have a really hard time if I don't have a ti...I have a really hard time if I don't have a title. I drove Kelley crazy trying to pick, Already There. She was content to keep writing without a title but I had to know.<br /><br />I don't know how to pick titles. Some just come to me others I have to really work at.Jenny S. Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482342313938669366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-72728394674587814632012-10-19T14:36:40.844-07:002012-10-19T14:36:40.844-07:00I am the worst at titles! Even my agent agrees, sh...I am the worst at titles! Even my agent agrees, she totally wants to change A.K.A. KILLER. Whatever!Jessie Humphrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05950401078130239174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-3536078963106551282012-10-19T08:30:51.426-07:002012-10-19T08:30:51.426-07:00Usually I can come up with a great title, but I ju...Usually I can come up with a great title, but I just cant write the book that fits to the title. ha ha...but seriously. Then I write a book and can't figure out what a good title is. That's so hard.i'm erin.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13729541389129887477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-41929721099063520182012-10-18T09:59:33.890-07:002012-10-18T09:59:33.890-07:00I struggle with titles. So far the novel I'm c...I struggle with titles. So far the novel I'm currently writing is the only one to have a title BEFORE I started writing. I'm off to check out the teaser :)Samantha Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09370961661054617338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-20256855225820174912012-10-17T07:39:10.492-07:002012-10-17T07:39:10.492-07:00Titles are also hard for me. Most of the time I ha...Titles are also hard for me. Most of the time I have to get really far into drafting before they come.Angela Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-41447919198593825942012-10-16T21:49:58.986-07:002012-10-16T21:49:58.986-07:00Titles. Those are hard. I usually like to have t...Titles. Those are hard. I usually like to have the title first too! But it usually doesn't work out and I'm stuck calling the document "Untitled". Not very clever. Good luck picking a title!Krista McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230770035490273428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-39182727994236537212012-10-16T20:44:40.914-07:002012-10-16T20:44:40.914-07:00Titles can be rough. I usually have to come up wit...Titles can be rough. I usually have to come up with something before I start. But what generally ends up happening is that somewhere in the middle of draft one or draft two, inspiration will spark for a title that just absolutely fits the book on many levels.Stephanie McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00056571020961572031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-10787513844311409022012-10-16T19:15:11.256-07:002012-10-16T19:15:11.256-07:00I like having a title too, but sometimes it takes ...I like having a title too, but sometimes it takes me writing a full outline before I think of one. Give yourself time, it'll come!Emily R. Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03892444969625637064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-58415428840927859942012-10-16T17:27:48.358-07:002012-10-16T17:27:48.358-07:00I'm terrible when it comes to titles. For the ...I'm terrible when it comes to titles. For the first few drafts, I refer to my WIP as Novel. I swear I have at least four unfinished "Novel"s, so maybe titles are a good idea. ;) Good luck coming up with a title!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-19172304242036901762012-10-16T16:51:17.309-07:002012-10-16T16:51:17.309-07:00I have to have a title too. I've never started...I have to have a title too. I've never started a book without having a title. I admire you for writing with no title so far! Your books sounds really fun!Michelle D. Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696465137285587646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-1356565468680251632012-10-16T16:12:40.695-07:002012-10-16T16:12:40.695-07:00Titles are SO HARD for me! I've never started ...Titles are SO HARD for me! I've never started a book with one. It's always been figured out along the way, as I figure out other things in the book. Best of luck on titling yours! (And on not going crazy until you do. ;))Peggy Eddlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241451940725996650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-78429555151228416812012-10-16T15:47:09.995-07:002012-10-16T15:47:09.995-07:00I have the worst time coming up with a title. What...I have the worst time coming up with a title. What I do is write the book, edit it, sit around and think about a title...and usually one finally comes and I hate it but use it anyway.<br /><br />So I don't have a title until about the time I'm ready to start polishing it.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-13737069556702312342012-10-16T15:23:34.444-07:002012-10-16T15:23:34.444-07:00I like to have one beforehand, but they often chan...I like to have one beforehand, but they often change. Once, I just wrote down a bunch of words that went with the theme of the book and tried out different combinations until I found one that worked. That's how I came up with Defenders of the Covenant, which the fourth or fifth title I'd been through on that one. Good luck!Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01445455787485222068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-58631490541564072032012-10-16T15:15:33.645-07:002012-10-16T15:15:33.645-07:00Good luck! I usually go with a working title until...Good luck! I usually go with a working title until something strikes me. None of my books have ended up with the titles they started life with!Katie O'Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295418503546522882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-37599609277383755442012-10-16T13:12:55.179-07:002012-10-16T13:12:55.179-07:00For me titles never come until I'm well into t...For me titles never come until I'm well into the book. Generally on the rewriting/editing stages. It's only then that I know the book well enough to be able to title it. S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-61432297847293106612012-10-16T12:08:50.210-07:002012-10-16T12:08:50.210-07:00I usually try and have a title beforehand, but it ...I usually try and have a title beforehand, but it doesn't always work. I do get fidgety if there is no title, so I completely understand where you're coming from. <br /><br />I usually try and think of what the book is going to be about -- i.e. the message that I want to send with it. I'm a large fan of messages in books, having them be about something, communicate something that's important to me, so I try and incorporate that into the title. <br /><br />For instance: my Sci-Fi/Fantasy book Shadows of Past Memories is about facing the past, even if it's ugly, so I put that into the title. <br /><br />Hope you can find a title soon, but until then, keep working! :)<br /><br />Best of luck, <br /><br />Alexandra~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-73311366836342017922012-10-16T12:04:00.358-07:002012-10-16T12:04:00.358-07:00My titles are all horrible, so I will be of no hel...My titles are all horrible, so I will be of no help.<br /><br />Do more people than the MC see the ghosts? Then you can call it urban fantasy. Or if the main character isn't sure whether the ghosts she's seeing are real, it's a psychological thriller where the MC might be crazy town.Ruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217026218961932530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-72464757557603163782012-10-16T11:09:11.007-07:002012-10-16T11:09:11.007-07:00I have to have at least a working title before I c...I have to have at least a working title before I can get to the writing. It often changes multiple times, but it doesn't feel ready to write unless I have a title!Shalleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09907680428735740943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-5886957400136569532012-10-16T10:58:16.133-07:002012-10-16T10:58:16.133-07:00I work the opposite way lol! The title is always t...I work the opposite way lol! The title is always the last thing I think of because I am rubbish at thinking of titles. I always hope to find something inside the story that would make a good title - and it usually works. :D Kyra Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853462182450429660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306182475647359241.post-74093328325487312592012-10-16T10:55:28.434-07:002012-10-16T10:55:28.434-07:00I haaaate coming up with titles. I usually come u...I haaaate coming up with titles. I usually come up with a working one at the beginning of the process so I have something to label my documents (usually one word that vaguely describes what the book is about... or my thoughts when I was thinking of the book... or just a word...), but I have so much trouble coming up with a real title. That's why I want to go the traditional publishing route, so hopefully someone else will come up with that for me.<br /><br />Yeah, that's the reason I'm going with. ;-)Tobi Summershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568662522495853235noreply@blogger.com