Hi,
This year is my first attempt at writing fantasy (although I do read a fair bit) and I am finding it harder going than I thought. One thing that's bugging me a lot is the title of my novel which says nothing about it at all. Could you kind folks read my Novel info and make suggestions, pleeeeeease!
The only thing I have come up with so far is Three Men and a Lada, but that doesn't say anything either (even if it did make me giggle).
I think once my title is peeing me off less then I might get a bit further.
Thanks!
standardcrow
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Nov 4, 2009 - 01 18
Don't worry about it. I've often used whatever title I first thought of as a Working Title and discovered a better title halfway through or even after it was done.
I titled my 2004 nanowrimo "The Hunt." Turned out that "Curse of Vaumuru" was a much better, truer title because there was no big culminating hunt in the book other than cannibal sorceror Vaumuru hunting the good-guy shaman to eat him. The whole plot was caused by Vaumuru cursing the good guys' tribe with stupidity so the new title works a lot better. If the story was about a hunt, I'd have kept the working title.
At the point of writing the rough draft, the real reason for a working title is just so that you can remember which book that file belongs to on your hard drive. Often the true theme and climax of a book doesn't reveal itself till the edit stage.
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