So you’re finally finished writing it – the thing that has taken up all of your free time for the past two years (or more), the monkey on your back that wouldn’t let آپ sleep, that had آپ pulling out your pen and paper while on vacation with your family because The Idea came to you…
Well, you’re finished. آپ want to print it out, slap on a title, and send it off.
Hold up, there partner! Pause, breathe, put the the manuscript down. Easy! There آپ go….
What’s the big deal with a title?
Everything! It’s the first thing that a potential reader will see, the line that will either catch an editor’s attention یا send it straight to the trash can. Just as your name represents you, the عنوان of your book must be representative and catchy for your novel.
The good, the bad, and the ugly…
There are three distinct groups of titles.
The first is the good: the ones that catch attention, make a reader pick the book up, scan the front, turn it over and read the back, and then on to the checkout stand. Examples: Empress, Boiling Point, Crown of Thorns, Slaughterhouse-Five, A Feast for Crows.
The bad: have a hit and miss chance of grabbing a reader, with good enough cover art and some fantastic quotes from the New York Times یا Publisher’s Weekly, they may be read. They probably won’t be the first book a reader picks up, but it’s possible. Examples: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, War of the Gods, Secrets of Droon: The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet, Maximum Ride: the Angel Experiment.
Then the ugly: get the response “how did this ever get onto this shelf?” “What was the editor/author thinking?” Examples: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, The Adventures of شارک Boy and Lava Girl…
So how do آپ name it?
Unfortunately, while there is a plethora of baby-name کتابیں flooding the market and internet, there is no “novel-name book” for authors. So, آپ must be creative. Which really shouldn’t be that hard – hell, آپ wrote a book, didn’t you?
Coming up with the name of your novel should be a process started at the same time آپ write the firs paragraph, and honestly, will and should go on until you’re done with your final edit. It’s not an easy task – parents may argue and pine over it for nine months – why should your naming process be any different?
Following are several tips to help آپ come up witht the ideal name for your “baby.” These are merely brainstorming techniques to hopefully help something click in that creative cavity آپ have sitting between your shoulders:
Make a list
1. the names of your main characters
2. the major places in your book
3. any special talismans/objects that play a specific/important role (ie. The Sword of Shanara)
4. creatures, animals, aliens, names
Your plot
1. what is the point of your book?
2. is there a journey? To where? For why?
3. are آپ writing about a deeper meaning?
4. can آپ tie in your book with current events یا مقبول topics? (ie the Davinci Code)
5. what are your characters trying to do?
Google is your best friend
1. تلاش for pictures of a theme, character, creature, place, etc. that آپ feel represents your book. You’ll come across some cool (and weird) things, and may give آپ direction.
2. see what others writing about similar topics are using for titles. Make sure your عنوان isn’t too close to another’s.
3. get some مزید backstory on an item, relic, place, یا animal in your story. Again, think muse…
Have fun
1. play up on words and items in your book (ie One of our newest کتابیں due out اگلے summer is “Of Quills and Kings,” in which the villan is a demonic and sadistic hedgehog that overthrows the crown…)
2. be witty. آپ are trying to grab science fiction/fantasy/horror/etc fans, not collegiate professors that enjoy spending all of their waking hours with their pet rock. Uh…
3. be original. آپ want to stand out, but don’t be too off-beat that آپ scare people away.
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Well, you’re finished. آپ want to print it out, slap on a title, and send it off.
Hold up, there partner! Pause, breathe, put the the manuscript down. Easy! There آپ go….
What’s the big deal with a title?
Everything! It’s the first thing that a potential reader will see, the line that will either catch an editor’s attention یا send it straight to the trash can. Just as your name represents you, the عنوان of your book must be representative and catchy for your novel.
The good, the bad, and the ugly…
There are three distinct groups of titles.
The first is the good: the ones that catch attention, make a reader pick the book up, scan the front, turn it over and read the back, and then on to the checkout stand. Examples: Empress, Boiling Point, Crown of Thorns, Slaughterhouse-Five, A Feast for Crows.
The bad: have a hit and miss chance of grabbing a reader, with good enough cover art and some fantastic quotes from the New York Times یا Publisher’s Weekly, they may be read. They probably won’t be the first book a reader picks up, but it’s possible. Examples: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, War of the Gods, Secrets of Droon: The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet, Maximum Ride: the Angel Experiment.
Then the ugly: get the response “how did this ever get onto this shelf?” “What was the editor/author thinking?” Examples: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, The Adventures of شارک Boy and Lava Girl…
So how do آپ name it?
Unfortunately, while there is a plethora of baby-name کتابیں flooding the market and internet, there is no “novel-name book” for authors. So, آپ must be creative. Which really shouldn’t be that hard – hell, آپ wrote a book, didn’t you?
Coming up with the name of your novel should be a process started at the same time آپ write the firs paragraph, and honestly, will and should go on until you’re done with your final edit. It’s not an easy task – parents may argue and pine over it for nine months – why should your naming process be any different?
Following are several tips to help آپ come up witht the ideal name for your “baby.” These are merely brainstorming techniques to hopefully help something click in that creative cavity آپ have sitting between your shoulders:
Make a list
1. the names of your main characters
2. the major places in your book
3. any special talismans/objects that play a specific/important role (ie. The Sword of Shanara)
4. creatures, animals, aliens, names
Your plot
1. what is the point of your book?
2. is there a journey? To where? For why?
3. are آپ writing about a deeper meaning?
4. can آپ tie in your book with current events یا مقبول topics? (ie the Davinci Code)
5. what are your characters trying to do?
Google is your best friend
1. تلاش for pictures of a theme, character, creature, place, etc. that آپ feel represents your book. You’ll come across some cool (and weird) things, and may give آپ direction.
2. see what others writing about similar topics are using for titles. Make sure your عنوان isn’t too close to another’s.
3. get some مزید backstory on an item, relic, place, یا animal in your story. Again, think muse…
Have fun
1. play up on words and items in your book (ie One of our newest کتابیں due out اگلے summer is “Of Quills and Kings,” in which the villan is a demonic and sadistic hedgehog that overthrows the crown…)
2. be witty. آپ are trying to grab science fiction/fantasy/horror/etc fans, not collegiate professors that enjoy spending all of their waking hours with their pet rock. Uh…
3. be original. آپ want to stand out, but don’t be too off-beat that آپ scare people away.
I own nothing , the مضمون came from here : link
The whole of the mountain will crash down and roll over me - but it does not crush me.
Human physical strength has limitations and it weakens in time. 'Inner strength' knows no bounds!
The confines of this earthly realm have no bearing.
Let it be done!
Let the horns sound that shake the foundation.
Call forth the titans. Summon up the dread that lies buried deep within the دل and mind.
Let the godless fear when they face the charge.
The lost will flee یا loose heart.
'And in the darkening late hours when the ground rumbles like an oncoming train...I will draw from deep wells what cannot be poisoned یا tainted یا overturned. I will stand, though the tides rise and the clouds threaten...and there I will remain, even if I دکھائیں signs and cracks of care and hardship.
I will not be broken.
I may grow weary.
Though all the elements come against me
and tear at flesh and bone!-I WILL STAND!
Why can't the world become a fairytale book?
It wouldn't be as mean
But it may be much مزید green
Dragons that can be your pet
Princesses with hair for rope climbing
Pumpkins that can turn into horse carriages
And cats that wear boots and fight mice.
The people in reality aren't always very nice
But even the ogres and giants can say hello and give آپ nice things
Princesses aren't snobby queen bees at school
Princes aren't egomaniacs
And money is in gold, silver, یا copper یا even magic beans!
Hens lay golden eggs
Poverty can end in five seconds
آپ can get your own fairy and wish for whatever آپ want
And have your any desires
But I guess this is all in the mind
But the world can be kind at times
It isn't always bad and cruel
But imagination makes it go around
It wouldn't be as mean
But it may be much مزید green
Dragons that can be your pet
Princesses with hair for rope climbing
Pumpkins that can turn into horse carriages
And cats that wear boots and fight mice.
The people in reality aren't always very nice
But even the ogres and giants can say hello and give آپ nice things
Princesses aren't snobby queen bees at school
Princes aren't egomaniacs
And money is in gold, silver, یا copper یا even magic beans!
Hens lay golden eggs
Poverty can end in five seconds
آپ can get your own fairy and wish for whatever آپ want
And have your any desires
But I guess this is all in the mind
But the world can be kind at times
It isn't always bad and cruel
But imagination makes it go around