Title help

[AchtungNight]

I suck at picking titles sometimes. Help please.

First Time story, young computer nerd male lead and another more extroverted nerd as female lead. She plays softball in addition to being computer savvy. They meet online, then hook up in real life so she can take his virginity. He doubts she's a hot blonde at first, but she proves it with pics and a webcam chat. They then meet up as he drives through her town and have fun.

Best I got is "Welcome Union". Better ideas?

 

[OverconfidentSarcasm]

They meet online, then hook up in real life so she can take his virginity. [...] They then meet up as he drives through her town and have fun.

Drive-by cherry-picking.

 

[AchtungNight]

Drive-by cherry-picking.

Nah. Too cheesy.

Maybe “When Keith Met Stephanie…”? Their friendship is supposed to have that Harry & Sally vibe…

 

[Devinter]

Start C:\Program Files (x86)\Orgasm.exe

 

[AchtungNight]

Start C:\Program Files (x86)\Orgasm.exe

It fits his personality but still too cheesy. I’m probably gonna go with the Harry & Sally reference. Shrug.

 

[Djmac1031]

Easy:

Hard Drive, Soft Balls.

 

[Devinter]

It fits his personality but still too cheesy. I’m probably gonna go with the Harry & Sally reference. Shrug.

Not a bad choice, honestly. It's such a simple line but "When X met Y" automatically feels quite iconic. It doesn't really say anything about their personalities though - but if it captures the essence of the story, I would actually argue that's more important!

 

[8letters]

"Even Nerds Have Their Day"

"The Geek Gets The Girl"

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

I suck at picking titles sometimes. Help please.

First Time story, young computer nerd male lead and another more extroverted nerd as female lead. She plays softball in addition to being computer savvy. They meet online, then hook up in real life so she can take his virginity. He doubts she's a hot blonde at first, but she proves it with pics and a webcam chat. They then meet up as he drives through her town and have fun.

Best I got is "Welcome Union". Better ideas?

Softball is obviously important to the story. 'Slow Pitch', 'Home Run', or a more subtle 'Intentional Walk'

 

[EmilyMiller]

I suck at picking titles sometimes. Help please.

First Time story, young computer nerd male lead and another more extroverted nerd as female lead. She plays softball in addition to being computer savvy. They meet online, then hook up in real life so she can take his virginity. He doubts she's a hot blonde at first, but she proves it with pics and a webcam chat. They then meet up as he drives through her town and have fun.

Best I got is "Welcome Union". Better ideas?

Shortstop In a Crop Top

Em (guess what my position was?)

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Or, assuming your FMC is named Emily, "Emily's Wild Pitch'

 

[Devinter]

Orgasm.exe should suffice.

" More nerdy, more better? "

 

[SimonDoom]

Start with the most simple and most obvious, and then work from there if you want something more interesting or literary or whatever.

Nerd's First Time.
Losing it at Last.
Nerd Loses It At Last.
Nerd Scores At Last (play on the sport)
Nerd Gets The Home Run
Nerd Rounds The Bases
Nerd Slides Home
Nerds Score, Too

Criteria for a good title:

1. Make sure it conveys something meaningful about the story
2. Use erotic words if you can
3. Use punchy, descriptive words if you can
4. Use a verb if you can

Your suggestion doesn't do any of this. "Welcome Union" sounds like a story about an arranged marriage. Come on. You're writing about a nerd losing it to another nerd, and soft ball is involved. Incorporate the words in the story that give its unique erotic flavor. Make it erotic, but don't deviate too much from the subject matter.

 

[M_K_Babalon]

Wierd Science? No... that's been done before. How about a spoof on the cyberpunk slogan high tech, low life; high tech, sex life? Instant Sexting?

 

[AchtungNight]

I’m just going with the title I chose earlier thx. The softball hobby is a character detail, not a big thing. She sends him pics of her stripping off her uniform, that’s it. She’s a nerd too and it’s pretty clear.

 

[StillStunned]

Face-To-Face Interface

 

[alohadave]

Face-To-Face Interface

That's a lot of face.

 

[Cagivagurl]

Home run, despite the curve ball

 

[NightPorter]

When Nerds Collide

 

[StillStunned]

The Nerd Bird

 

[BobbyBrandt]

Orgasm.exe should suffice.

Probably wouldn't be allowed as a title by Laurel due to the file extension inference

 

[onehitwanda]

SCSI me

 

[Kumquatqueen]

Hard drives: softball to soft balls

 

[M_K_Babalon]

Orgasm.exe should suffice.

Sounds like a companion to my novel Love.exe.

 

[nice90sguy]

Just sayin', .exe is a little old hat. Computer nerds shun Windows these days. In fact that title would make me think that the author was not really geeky enough to write a convincing story about nerds