How we were
Monday 7th February, 2011 - 10:59pm with 1 comment
The more I write on my novel (which I haven’t touched for about two weeks now), the more I want to name it How We Were or something along those lines. It’s a corny and horrid title, I know, but I feel like there isn’t quite another way to sum up the whole [unfinished] novel in a title. I’d happily name it The Colour of Your Eyes but I feel like that gives a fair bit away, not to mention it’s the name of a Ben Jorgensen song and I don’t quite want to rip anyone off.
It’s such a funny thing how titles can really sum up a book. The Catcher in the Rye, who knew? A Clockwork Orange – funny that.
Twilight – LOL.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – wahoo!
I like having a working title for a lot of things. When I write my poems I just write them, and pull out a title. It’s so much easier for me to find titles for poems, perhaps because they are generally short pieces of work. A novel is a longer body of work… and I guess to sum up so many events and happenings, emotions and words into something that isn’t even a sentence – is a difficult job.
Most titles are mystery. I like that.
Posted on: Monday, February 7th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
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Alex
Tuesday 8th February, 2011 at 3:34 pm
That’s not a bad title, I mean, I’ve read titles like that before, but I feel like it gives it a sense of intrigue, almost a sense of longing. Sometimes titles also help attract a certain reader too, just by how they sound and what kind of genre the title brings to mind, so perhaps think of that too?
Your novel sounds sweet :) I’d love a synopsis.
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