Title help?

[DarlingNikki]

I suck at titles. I really do. For my submissions so far, I've written the story, waited a bit, proofread and been ready to submit - except I lacked a title and had to throw something on there because I couldn't wait to submit. Which sucks, because people don't click on a story with a lousy title.

So I was hoping for some help with the stories I am working on now (or general help in title choosing)

1. A couple having sex on a parked motorcycle. Not a Harley. (going in Fetish)

2. An ex boyfriend taking nude pics of a woman and then watching her masturbate (going in illustrated)

3. A non-erotic story about a bus trip in India and the main character almost getting attacked by a sow and missing her bus while trying to pee.

4. A story about a brown American girl and a white Australian guy who hook up on a Greyhound bus trip in Texas (going in Interracial)

Pretty please?

 

[openthighs_sarah]

I honestly can't think of anything, but number three sounds so fucking wonderful and bizarre that I just wanted to be a part of this thread.

 

[DarlingNikki]

LOL - thanks. It's a true story; I would never have come up with something like that. I just hope I can write it as well as the reality. Actually they are all true, but the sex ones are being tweaked a bit.

 

[openthighs_sarah]

LOL - thanks. It's a true story; I would never have come up with something like that. I just hope I can write it as well as the reality. Actually they are all true, but the sex ones are being tweaked a bit.

It's still wonderful. Anyway, I usually come up with a title based on the mood and the style of the piece, rather than the actual content. (Except for "Sarah, On Her Knees", which pretty much bludgeoned the reader with its subtlety.)

For what it's worth -- I usually pay a lot more attention (as a reader) to the description than to the title itself. And if you use the descriptions you put in your post, I would read the stories no matter what.

p.s. - If you really are stuck, I don't mind reading them over and sending you suggestions. Unless they're each twenty thousand words, in which case you can just smile and politely decline.

 

[HedbangerSA]

Title Help

Nikki,
I don't think you give yourself enough credit on titles - I think Not So Shy After All is pretty good, and while the Volunteer Work ones aren't particularly clever, it does describe the story and isn't a turn-off. It is hard to suggest titles based on a one sentence synopsis - the titles that come to me for a story are usually triggered by a part I like or just the overall feeling it has. I tend to be sort of subtle with titles - for reader appeal perhaps the direct approach works. I still say one of the best titles on the site was KillerMuffin's Front Lawn Butt Sex. Pretty much says it all.
Nothing springs to mind on your stories, except for number 3 -- How about To Pee or Flee?
Good luck!

 

[DarlingNikki]

Thanks, Sarah. I may take you up on that. Now all I have to do is actually finish the stories...

Thank you too, HedbangerSA. To Pee or Flee, lol, I love it. Actually the pig episode is only one part of the journey and I don't get to go to the bathroom for a while in the story. I was kind of thinking of Clenching Toward Gokarna after I posted this. I don't know. Maybe that's too weird.

My boyfriend suggested Wide Open Aperture for the illustrated one, but then he told me not to use it because it's cheesy.

pee or flee... lol.

 

[openthighs_sarah]

My boyfriend suggested Wide Open Aperture for the illustrated one, but then he told me not to use it because it's cheesy.

pee or flee... lol.

I just thought of one now... For the illustrated story: "F-stop G-spot". It has the added benefit of being a tongue-twister.

And "Clenching Toward Gokarna" is really beautiful. Also: "Vindaloo loo and piglet, too".

 

[HedbangerSA]

Title Help

Nikki,
I kind of like Clenching Toward Gokarna I suspect I'd open it just to find out what it meant -- I also suspect a lot of people would doubt it was really non-erotic!
Wide Open Aperture doesn't do much for me - doesn't say "girl masturbating" to me really... Hey! for that one, how about To Pee or Flee? Gotta be a place to use that!

 

[HedbangerSA]

Title Help?

Originally posted by Openthighs_sarah
I just thought of one now... For the illustrated story: "F-stop G-spot". It has the added benefit of being a tongue-twister.

Oohh! I love that one! I'd use it if I were you, Nikki!

 

[Svenskaflicka]

I don't know if you'll agree on these titles being any good, but hey, atleast you might get a chuckle...

1. "Dildoo Run Run" (from the song)

2. "A click on the mouse" (mouse=pussy in Swedish)

3. "Boar-ed shitless"

4. "Doggy-style on a Greyhound Bus".


Please don't flame me...

 

[HedbangerSA]

Title Help

I don't know if Nikki will be able to use your titles, Svenskaflicka, but I got a really good laugh out of them. And I'll have to remember that mouse=pussy thing - it's probably a bit obscure for most of our readers but who knows, it might come in handy at some point!

 

[Octavian]

DarlingNikki

Here is a possible title for your first story

'Nookie on a Suzuki'

Octavian

 

[sirhugs]

for #4- how about " Kangaroo Texas"

 

[Octavian]

#3

You don't say where the young lady was trying to pee, DN. Was it in the sow's own backyard? If so, how about

'Indian pigs can be houseproud, too.'
or
'Don't try in my sty!'

The only drawback I can see with the latter is that you now have to rewrite the story from the pig's pov and that may inhibit character development somewhat.

Octavian
In very helpful mood

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Re: #3

'Don't try in my sty!'

rofl

 

[MathGirl]

2. An ex boyfriend taking nude pics of a woman and then watching her masturbate (going in illustrated)

2. "Fanning the Fish For a Flash From a Former Flame."

Okay, okay, I was just trying to be helpful.
MG

 

[DarlingNikki]

LOL... you guys are certainly amusing.

 

[gauchecritic]

1.Not a Harley.

2. An ex watching her masturbate

3. missing her bus while trying to pee.

4.Pretty please?

All your own work.

Gauche

 

[DarlingNikki]

Hmmm... interesting!

 

[pop_54]

Hmm

"Ultimate Triumph"

"Macro Massage"

"Piggy meets Pussy in the Punjab"

"Greyhound Gold Digger"

Sorry, Goodnight....