Title Focus Group

[GoldenCojones]

So as a spin off to NB's Titles thread I'd like to get input on a title for one of my upcoming stories. Please keep it civil

Which title below would you be more likely to read? Short description is after the dash

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A) Cocaine - Coke parties hard

B) Cocaine makes a friend - A girl named Cocaine makes a new friend and fucks everyone

C) Hooked on Cocaine - A girl named Cocaine makes a new friend and fucks everyone

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Before you vote, I intend on having an authors note at the beginning of the story that says something like:

"There is no drug use in this story other than alcohol."

Thanks for any input.

 

[NaokoSmith]

So as a spin off to NB's Titles thread I'd like to get input on a title for one of my upcoming stories. Please keep it civil

Which title below would you be more likely to read? Short description is after the dash

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A) Cocaine - Coke parties hard

B) Cocaine makes a friend - A girl named Cocaine makes a new friend and fucks everyone

C) Hooked on Cocaine - A girl named Cocaine makes a new friend and fucks everyone

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Before you vote, I intend on having an authors note at the beginning of the story that says something like:

"There is no drug use in this story other than alcohol."

Thanks for any input.

You know, Piglet did have a friend called Chardonnay, whose mother had named her and her sisters (Mercedes and Crystal) after her favourite things, but I can't help feeling the chances of being named Cocaine/Coke are quite small (In a rare flash of humour, the Fella said he wished he'd called Piglet Banks's Mild after his favourite beer.)

I think if the story is about a girl who fucks everyone, you should make the title about that, not annoy the readers by suggesting it's about hard drugs. Many readers don't bother with the authorial comments (perhaps in fear that they are going to say 'tee hee' a lot), and you may get voted down if they are disappointed by you just having a crack at them, rather than writing about cooked up morphine.


How about: Luce Lives Up to Her Name?

 

[GoldenCojones]

You know, Piglet did have a friend called Chardonnay, whose mother had named her and her sisters (Mercedes and Crystal) after her favourite things, but I can't help feeling the chances of being named Cocaine/Coke are quite small (In a rare flash of humour, the Fella said he wished he'd called Piglet Banks's Mild after his favourite beer.)

I think if the story is about a girl who fucks everyone, you should make the title about that, not annoy the readers by suggesting it's about hard drugs. Many readers don't bother with the authorial comments (perhaps in fear that they are going to say 'tee hee' a lot), and you may get voted down if they are disappointed by you just having a crack at them, rather than writing about cooked up morphine.


How about: Luce Lives Up to Her Name?

I love that title. Your points are well taken and I've obviously been worrying about that very thing. It would take some editing but I could change the girls name to something less risky.

The way I came up with the name was I was checked out by a girl whose name badge read "Cocaine" at the local Hellmart a few months ago. When I asked, thinking it was a joke, she said that really was her name. She even told me her last name was "Snow" Sometimes reality is weirder than anything I could ever dream up.

I couldn't stop thinking about what it must be like to grow up with that name, so I developed a character based on my musings. My character has absolutely no resemblance to the checkout girl, except for the name.

 

[sr71plt]

D) Hooked on Cocane.

Smudge up the name and make it a reader discovery.

Don't play the reader as an idiot with a "talk down" note up front.

Say "fuck it" to pandering for ratings.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

Elgar composed a piece he called COCKAIGNE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imz_0zvSWPQ


http://www.britannica.com/topic/Cockaigne

Cockaigne is a mythical place name.

 

[NaokoSmith]

Elgar composed a piece he called COCKAIGNE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imz_0zvSWPQ


http://www.britannica.com/topic/Cockaigne

Cockaigne is a mythical place name.

I'm pretty sure Rex Whistler did a mural called 'Cockaigne' but I can't find it online. He certainly did a 'Cockaigne'ish landscape for the walls of the Victoria and Albert Museum restaurant. It's so beautiful that the V&A advertised themselves for a while as a really good restaurant with quite a nice museum attached.

If that poor girl really was called Cocaine Snow her parents must've been smacked out of their heads! One of my first thoughts was to make sure I didn't bestow some monicker on the Piglet which would lead to her being mercilessly teased at school.

OK, we should not have nicknamed her Piglet It was because of this impossibly cute piglet suit she was given as a baby.

 

[lovecraft68]

There's some coke-head lines one could use here

So the girl is named Cocaine I am taking it? Hopefully you have a back story on where that name came from because as a reader I would need to know that.

Not really liking any of them, honestly

How about...

Cocaine-One taste and you're hooked.

Or if she does what she's named after, Cocaine, she'll trade blow for blow-kind of porno, but it could work.

 

[lovecraft68]

I want to add that your author's note may be moot. If people see cocaine in the title they may not even click on it.

Don't let that discourage you, its your story not theirs, but there are some people who squick away from drug usage stories so they may never get to the note. I imagine it's a small group though and again do it your way.

 

[Handley_Page]

So as a spin off to NB's Titles thread I'd like to get input on a title for one of my upcoming stories. Please keep it civil

Which title below would you be more likely to read? Short description is after the dash

*****************

A) Cocaine - Coke parties hard

B) Cocaine makes a friend - A girl named Cocaine makes a new friend and fucks everyone

C) Hooked on Cocaine - A girl named Cocaine makes a new friend and fucks everyone

*****************

Before you vote, I intend on having an authors note at the beginning of the story that says something like:

"There is no drug use in this story other than alcohol."

Thanks for any input.

I'd select but:
She'd be more likely to be nick-named "Cocky" round here.

 

[Nathan_Brazil]

Hate A. B or C could work.

I knew a woman they called cocaine. Her name was really Colette, but they were biker folk and well...

They named their son Harley.

No, I'm not making this up. I wish I was.

 

[NotWise]

I don't know.

But I can't read the thread title without thinking "Titty Focus Group"

 

[GoldenCojones]

I want to add that your author's note may be moot. If people see cocaine in the title they may not even click on it.

Don't let that discourage you, its your story not theirs, but there are some people who squick away from drug usage stories so they may never get to the note. I imagine it's a small group though and again do it your way.

Hmm, I wasn't thinking in that direction. Quite the opposite really. I was thinking people would click in expecting to get a story of a crack whore and be upset because there wasn't any drug use in the story.

Hmm, now that you mention it, I see your point. I probably wouldn't read a story that had Cocaine in the title.

This story may end up in the "Folder that shall not be opened." A lot of my really Bleh stories go there to languish for all time or until the damned hard drive fails. I don't even bother to back that folder up. Just can't bare to delete any of my babies, no matter how deformed and ugly they are.

 

[lovecraft68]

I don't know.

But I can't read the thread title without thinking "Titty Focus Group"

Guess we know what you're focused on then.

 

[lovecraft68]

Hmm, I wasn't thinking in that direction. Quite the opposite really. I was thinking people would click in expecting to get a story of a crack whore and be upset because there wasn't any drug use in the story.

Hmm, now that you mention it, I see your point. I probably wouldn't read a story that had Cocaine in the title.

This story may end up in the "Folder that shall not be opened." A lot of my really Bleh stories go there to languish for all time or until the damned hard drive fails. I don't even bother to back that folder up. Just can't bare to delete any of my babies, no matter how deformed and ugly they are.

I wasn't trying to discourage you, just pointing something out, I'd still write it if it were me.

I wrote a 50 part incest series that was very dark, violent and depressing(all the things the incest readers do not like) and I wrote it for myself and maybe the 40-50 regular readers it had.

Think about that, I was writing brother/sister incest that got 50 votes because it was serious and 'mine' and stories like "Sis takes it in the ass" was getting 800 votes, but I kept going because I wanted to write it.

So don't quit on it just because it might not be widely read and there are readers who appreciate any kind of story and some like me who simply appreciate writers being ballsy.

 

[GoldenCojones]

I'd select but:
She'd be more likely to be nick-named "Cocky" round here.

In the story she goes by Coke but her name badge reads "Cocaine" which starts up a conversation with new girl at work. The conversation leads to the new girl attending an outrageous party. The story is told from Cocaine's point of view but is really about the new girl and her husband.

It wouldn't be too hard to change the name and come up with another reason for the initial conversation. I may play that out and see if I like it better.

Obviously my tiny, twisted mind had already gotten over its curiosity over the name and was already disliking it or I wouldn't have started this thread.

 

[lovecraft68]

I did one where the girls name was Karma and had a few things like "I guess you're bad Karma today" and her reply of "Never heard that one before"

I gave her a back ground for the name that had a one of those depressing, tragic, but somewhat happy types of things that I am infatuated with. People can end up happy in my stories, but they gotta work for it.

 

[GoldenCojones]

I wasn't trying to discourage you, just pointing something out, I'd still write it if it were me.

I wrote a 50 part incest series that was very dark, violent and depressing(all the things the incest readers do not like) and I wrote it for myself and maybe the 40-50 regular readers it had.

Think about that, I was writing brother/sister incest that got 50 votes because it was serious and 'mine' and stories like "Sis takes it in the ass" was getting 800 votes, but I kept going because I wanted to write it.

So don't quit on it just because it might not be widely read and there are readers who appreciate any kind of story and some like me who simply appreciate writers being ballsy.

Really? "Sis takes it in the ass" gets 800 votes. I really got to up my game

I'm not really worried about the number of votes. If I quit on the story it'll be because the story is crap and shouldn't have ever been written.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Didn't Eric Clapton do a song called cocaine? Of course he did.

 

[GoldenCojones]

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If that poor girl really was called Cocaine Snow her parents must've been smacked out of their heads! One of my first thoughts was to make sure I didn't bestow some monicker on the Piglet which would lead to her being mercilessly teased at school.

OK, we should not have nicknamed her Piglet It was because of this impossibly cute piglet suit she was given as a baby.

I've seen some doozies in my time. I work with a girl we call Leah. Not everyone knows it but her name is Titalia (her parents pronounce it Tit-A-Leah". Lots of parents in the 90's named their kids really dumbass stupid stuff. My current theory is that they were so sure the world was coming to an end that they just had some fun with it thinking it didn't matter.

 

[Nathan_Brazil]

I really struggle with the whole 'sis takes it up the ass' thing.

I get that titles like this are click bait, but geez... I'd feel dirty.

Kind of like a politician who knew that he could only win if the virulent racists voted for him.

*shudder*

 

[lovecraft68]

I really struggle with the whole 'sis takes it up the ass' thing.

I get that titles like this are click bait, but geez... I'd feel dirty.

Kind of like a politician who knew that he could only win if the virulent racists voted for him.

*shudder*

I agree, I could never use a title like that and I will never read one, something that porno is an eye roll for me. But as was discussed in the titles thread we seem to be in the minority I did one as an experiment "Mom Loves to Suck" the numbers were higher than my tamer titles like "Meeting Mom online" but I'm not going to sell myself out for numbers.

The story did have story to it, it was not as porno as it sounded.

But I did one flat out stroker, "Mom likes Porn too!' and the numbers were really high, but I got a hand ful of comments from regulars saying they were disappointed because they follow me for my story/character driven tales and that they are not fans of one handed reads.

To me seeing the reaction of die hard fans who follow me for my style is more important that grabbing 500 hundred extra votes.

 

[Nathan_Brazil]

Set up a puppet account and post a real stinker.

See what happens.

 

[lovecraft68]

Set up a puppet account and post a real stinker.

See what happens.

I've already posted a bunch of real stinkers under this name. I'd have to write a really good one under another name to throw people off.

 

[Nathan_Brazil]

Well... Get started. First come up with the most blatant title in known history... Unfurl your freak flag. You are doing this for science.

 

[SusanJillParker]

So as a spin off to NB's Titles thread I'd like to get input on a title for one of my upcoming stories. Please keep it civil

Which title below would you be more likely to read? Short description is after the dash

*****************

A) Cocaine - Coke parties hard

B) Cocaine makes a friend - A girl named Cocaine makes a new friend and fucks everyone

C) Hooked on Cocaine - A girl named Cocaine makes a new friend and fucks everyone

*****************

Before you vote, I intend on having an authors note at the beginning of the story that says something like:

"There is no drug use in this story other than alcohol."

Thanks for any input.

My vote is for A, Coke Parties Hard. That's the biggest play on words to me and there's much you can do with that, especially at the end to bring the story full circle.