Thinking up a Title

[OmnislashXX]

So I sat for a day or so, wondering what I would call the latest story I am writing. I couldn't really think of a good name for it, but all the while here I am thinking about the scenes I plan to write for it. In the scenes I am thinking about, my female protagonist whom I am creating a personality for, has a nickname for the male character. I even think about her moaning it during a scene. But what to call the damn story?

Then... it just makes perfect sense. Funny how things work like that.

I hope the first chapter gets approved.

 

[SusanJillParker]

Just start writing. Trust me. The title will come to you like a thunderbolt. Good luck.

 

[sr71plt]

Ummm. I think the OP said the title had already surfaced.

 

[BuckyDuckman]

So I sat for a day or so, wondering what I would call the latest story I am writing. I couldn't really think of a good name for it, but all the while here I am thinking about the scenes I plan to write for it. In the scenes I am thinking about, my female protagonist whom I am creating a personality for, has a nickname for the male character. I even think about her moaning it during a scene. But what to call the damn story?

Then... it just makes perfect sense. Funny how things work like that.

I hope the first chapter gets approved.

It's funny how that works. Quite often, I can't get started on a story without having at least a placeholder title. Once the story nears completion, that title is often scrapped in favor of something better. My Summer Lovin' entry started life as "My Best Friend's Brother the Sex Slave," which gives a bit of an indication of where I thought the story would go. Instead, my muse offered a different story, backing me up and keeping the story in the writing phase for weeks. Still, I get it, sometimes coming up with a title feels just right is a challenge.

 

[sr71plt]

I find I have to have a working title either before I begin or within the first few paragraphs.

 

[EverLux]

The title for my EC series was from a line near the beginning of the first chapter. It wasn't until my first edit that it popped out at me.

I have no idea where the title for my Summer Lovin' entry came from. One second I've got nothing; the next, I had a title.

I'm hoping it continues to be that easy

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Usually I have the title before I have the story fleshed out. In fact the title is what usually drives the story. There have been a few occasions where I had the story written, but no title. It took me a few days to come up with the title.

But that's life.

 

[GoldenCojones]

Like most of you, I usually have a title before I start the story. But it often changes, as does the story, before I finish. I had one story that I really struggled with the title on, but what I finally settled on must have worked, it's my highest rated story

 

[IvyMarquis]

I too get fussed if there's no title, and put a place holder. IMBM was originally "Howl", though the person who edited it made a comment that it was a little on the nose for the ending (Not that I was really trying to "surprise" anyone, I just couldn't come up with anything better until I settled on IMBM's current title).

Most of the time my titles come from playing Pandora/Spotify/etc., and while I don't have a lot of stories on Lit, on other writing sites I'm on you can more or less tell what kind of music I was listening to at that point because all the titles either match a song that resonated with me for it, or a piece of the lyrics.

Titles, man. It's easier to write the damn story sometimes then it is to figure out what to call it.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

I use dates for tentative titles.

But Laurel rejects them when I forget to submit with real titles.

 

[Kantarii]

A story without a title is just meaningless words on a page few people will even bother to read if used as shit paper in an outhouse. A catchy title will sell millions of books, most people won't read all the way through. A lame ass title for a great story will still send you back to the shit house to wipe your ass with just as many readers.

Choose a title that basically tell's the story in as few words as possible and the story will practically write itself......., that was my philosophy when I started writing "A Slut's Triangle"
Kant

Oh, no, there's a slut in the story caughtup in a love triangle? Here's the kicker - if you read the storyline you'll find out the slut is a transvestite that eventually.... Well, you'll just have to read it(hahaha)

 

[NOIRTRASH]

A story without a title is just meaningless words on a page few people will even bother to read if used as shit paper in an outhouse. A catchy title will sell millions of books, most people won't read all the way through. A lame ass title for a great story will still send you back to the shit house to wipe your ass with just as many readers.

Choose a title that basically tell's the story in as few words as possible and the story will practically write itself......., that was my philosophy when I started writing "A Slut's Triangle"
Kant

Oh, no, there's a slut in the story caughtup in a love triangle? Here's the kicker - if you read the storyline you'll find out the slut is a transvestite that eventually.... Well, you'll just have to read it(hahaha)

Like a rose without a vase?

 

[SusanJillParker]

Like a rose without a vase?

I'd much rather have a rose without a vase than a vase without a rose. How sad is that?

"The vase looks so empty without a rose," said Gwen, "doesn't it?"

"Fuck you! He left me for that bitch," said Cheryl.

"What does a vase without a rose have to do with your husband's lover?"

"Her name is...Rose."

 

[Carnal_Flower]

You can always keep it simple and descriptive, like "I Fucked Mom in the Ass" or "Incest with my Hot Mom".

 

[IvyMarquis]

The problem with that, is sometimes you end up with titles that end up being "Flat tire results in evisceration via werewolf (and some sex stuff happens too I guess)"* (Of course, that's because I hang out in erotic horror, among others)

Also a certain website that shall remain unnamed has forever soured me to that concept because the (young, ammie) writers there will put the summary where the titles should be with no regard for my eyeballs or how long titles look on small screens.

*Clearly I'm just being a lil mini troll here, as most everyone else seems to be writing fairly normal stories, so that may work for them but not for meeeeee *cough*

 

[BuckyDuckman]

You can always keep it simple and descriptive, like "I Fucked Mom in the Ass" or "Incest with my Hot Mom".

I'm a fan of simple and direct titles, I've used several:

Our Daughter the Porn Star - Where a couple finds out their daughter is doing porn.

My Sister the Christmas Cruise Slut - Where a brother's sister goes into full slut mode while on a Christmas theme cruise.

Monica Meets a Cumslut - Monica's new boyfriend has an interesting kink.

Deep Woods Debauchery - A group of friends fuck in the woods.

Yep. Simple. Direct. Descriptive. Sort of like me. Especially the "simple" part.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

I'd much rather have a rose without a vase than a vase without a rose. How sad is that?

"The vase looks so empty without a rose," said Gwen, "doesn't it?"

"Fuck you! He left me for that bitch," said Cheryl.

"What does a vase without a rose have to do with your husband's lover?"

"Her name is...Rose."

I feel your pain.