Unique Titles in your Corpus

[yowser]

I got to thinking about titles the other day (of course one of the primary attention grabbers for a story) and wondered how many of my tales had unique titles.

Of the almost hundred, only eight are not unique, so less than ten percent (series titles complicate the calculations.) A few were used by others before me, but only one had a title that had been used a great deal (not surprising, given that it is a common phrase - 'Too Good to be True').

(To tell whether your title has been used before on Lit, take a look at your story's url. If it has a number at the end, someone has already been there, eg. https://literotica.com/s/something-1, where 'something' is the story title. Alternatively you can do a 'story title' search.)

If 'uniqueness' was the only goal, it wouldn't be hard to achieve (an unusual name or location would do), but on the other hand, it's probably a good idea not to use a title employed dozens of times previously. Given the nature of title-selection, there are apt to be competing choice elements.

How does your catalog manage with unique titles? (Go ahead, name your best one.)

 

[SimonDoom]

For my corpus, it's a toss-up between "Penis Fish" and "Mom, You're A Hucow!"

 

[NotWise]

Two of my titles are not unique. The most common appears to be Watch Me! (mine has a "21" in the url). The other is My Sister's Wedding (with a "7" in the url). Meaningless Sex has a "1" in it's url, but search shows no other story with that title.

There was a time when I searched for tentative titles and only used them if they were unique.

 

[StillStunned]

At one end of the spectrum I have things like "Rulk the Rat and the Demon Dagger" and "The Countesses of Tannensdal".

At the other end, "Into The Night" wasn't even a unique title on its day of publication.

 

[Britva415]

My corpus has zero non-unique titles, other than the 5-part series which only duplicates itself (doesn't overlap other people's previous stories).

My most unique ones are probably Unexpected Fluffer and Milking-Table Twist: For Her.

Because titles like My Partner Would Kill Me, Cold Night, Hot Stranger and First Time Sex Worker are kind of predictable and similar to other titles which abound around here.

Genie's Wish is kind of oddly-specific but probably not too far off at all from other premises which have been published here.

And Field Station Pair-Up only is titled uniquely because of a fairly unique setting - the story itself is straightforward girl-meets-boy.

 

[AG31]

My unique titles

After the Idyll
Thanks to the Literotica Forums
The Recurrence
Twelve Maxbridge Street


Question: One of my stories has a -1 after it but if I search for that title and look at the list (The Recurrence gives 24 hits, easily looked at), I see only my story.

 

[Erozetta]

I'm genuinely surprised that "Lyin' Eyes" and "Wicked Allure" don't have numbers after them.

But I'm partial to "Cookies, Commands, and Subroutines", "Collars and Cravings", "Strokes of Desire, Whispers of Harm", and "Purrfectly Playful" as my favorite unique titles from my list. (And I generally hate my own titles, so yeah, lol.)


The least unique title I have is I Love You

 

[iwatchus]

More than half of mine are unique, some of which surprise me. Of the 21 stories in my original series, which does not have a XXX ch 1 naming, 14 are unique. The Final Bet is probably my biggest surprise for not being used. Movie Night (at 102) is the most common

 

[crookedletter]

My two stories posted here are "Days of Summer" and "All Inclusive." Neither title is unique, and I knew they wouldn't be when I chose them, but both are too appropriate to the stories they tell for me to consider using anything else.

 

[mrs_mackenzie]

When I was first submitting stories I used to check to see if the titles had already been used so I could use something unique. But I rarely pick things that are excessively niche.

These days life is too short. If the title's good and it fits the story, I'll use it.

"Starlight in Southend-on-Sea", my second-most recent submission, is possibly my most unique.

 

[StillStunned]

My least unique title seems to be Love at First Sight, with a "17" at the end of the URL, and in fact 24 stories showing up from a search. Based on a quick glance at those other stories, though, the actual story is pretty unusual.

(Dammit, I hit submit before I was done.)

It was probably the first story I felt the urge to discuss here in the AH, in a thread about stories that fit the category but not the readers' expectations. It's in E&V, but not sexy voyeurism. As the comments say, it's "disturbing as fuck".

 

[ChuckWolf]

"Earthshaker" and "Cosplay & Celebrity Cougars!" are two of my more unique titles.

"Rookie Cop Captured By Whores" isn't especially unique, but is pretty clear about what the story is.

"The Making Of Widow's Journey" is, in hindsight, a really bad title, but unique I guess.

 

[Bramblethorn]

All of mine were unique at the time I posted them, though I haven't checked whether anybody has duplicated them since.

I'm quite happy with the double meaning of "Loss Function".

 

[AwkwardMD]

All of mine were unique at the time I posted them, though I haven't checked whether anybody has duplicated them since.

I'm quite happy with the double meaning of "Loss Function".

Release the Corpus Cut!

 

[SilkyVine]

I have a two pending;

"A poorly written cuck story" and "A Steak Sandwich"

In the context of the stories both of these titles make me chuckle to myself like im the funniest girl in the world (read: narcissistic)

But I think both are unique to literotica (didn't check elsewhere)

 

[Kelliezgirl]

Never thought to check that before. Turns out my only title that isn't unique is "A Night in the garden".
The only surprises there is there aren't more.

 

[Britva415]

"Starlight in Southend-on-Sea", my second-most recent submission, is possibly my most unique.

Sounds like someone who sells seashells by the seashore would sequester with satisfaction there.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

Sounds like someone who sells seashells by the seashore would sequester with satisfaction there.

Surely.

 

[Mal_Bey]

Sounds like someone who sells seashells by the seashore would sequester with satisfaction there.

It is a solid story inspired by a seventies Springsteen song. Surely you should spending surfit time perusing it.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Some titles might be difficult to interpret immediately, but the stories did pretty well anyway. The Battle of the Crater has as its setting a movie location in Virginia where a studio is filming that Civil War battle. It's a Geek Pride entry, which lends itself to odd titles. Protected by Lentz Trucking is a BDSM tale. It's one of a group of stories about a young limo driver who gets involved with several of his female customers (all divorced women in Manhattan).

 

[TheRedChamber]

The vast majority of mine are unique and I generally pride myself on having distinct titles. The only exceptions are my two stories with one word titles 'Safe' and 'Wet'. I knew these weren't unique but for each of them, I felt the brevity of the title worked.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

I got to thinking about titles the other day (of course one of the primary attention grabbers for a story) and wondered how many of my tales had unique titles.

Of the almost hundred, only eight are not unique, so less than ten percent (series titles complicate the calculations.) A few were used by others before me, but only one had a title that had been used a great deal (not surprising, given that it is a common phrase - 'Too Good to be True').

(To tell whether your title has been used before on Lit, take a look at your story's url. If it has a number at the end, someone has already been there, eg. https://literotica.com/s/something-1, where 'something' is the story title. Alternatively you can do a 'story title' search.)

If 'uniqueness' was the only goal, it wouldn't be hard to achieve (an unusual name or location would do), but on the other hand, it's probably a good idea not to use a title employed dozens of times previously. Given the nature of title-selection, there are apt to be competing choice elements.

How does your catalog manage with unique titles? (Go ahead, name your best one.)

Best one is difficult to choose.

I'd suggest that my most uniquely created has to be 'Sweet Wine and Apple Pie.'

The working title was 'My New Neighbor.' Boring as a bad fuck. I was reading through it for maybe the tenth time and knew I needed something better. There's a scene where the FMC brings the MMC an fresh apple pie and a bottle of sweet wine. 'Sweet Wine and Apple Pie' read better that 'Apple Pie and Sweet Wine,' so, there you go.

 

[big_cane_sugar]

Just realized I need better titles lol

The best I've done might be "All Black," a very subtle allusion to 50 Shades, which I was parodying. I don't expect many readers to get it but I feel good about it.

I thought "BBC - Little White Lies" was clever but I'm not proud of the stories I published under those titles.

 

[SkyBubble]

I try to be clever sometimes, such as A Bed of Rosemary or Redhead's Rebel Ride.

 

[Statius]

'Of Amoral Character'. Probably my most unique title.