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Story Titles
I can't believe I never asked this before.
So, how do you title your stories?
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amanuensis1 wrote a fascinating entry here about the process. For myself, I usually come up with the title when I do the story idea, are occasionally the title *is* the story idea When I don't, I usually go for titles that play on a theme for the story, but those rarely satisfy me as well as the more organic titles I arrive at with the idea.
Some examples:
"The Chief's Day" is an example of a story where the title is the story idea. I was thinking about an "ordinary day" challenge from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
ringprov, and came up with that.
"Dream Blossoms" is an example of a title that came with the plotbunny. I was riffing off of hobbit naming customs; if the reader realizes that, that fact plus the pairing will tell them what the story is about.
"While We Raise Our Hearts in Love" is a title I had to work to find, and it's longer and clunkier than the other titles above, isn't it?
So, how do you title your stories?
amanuensis1 wrote a fascinating entry here about the process. For myself, I usually come up with the title when I do the story idea, are occasionally the title *is* the story idea When I don't, I usually go for titles that play on a theme for the story, but those rarely satisfy me as well as the more organic titles I arrive at with the idea.Some examples:
"The Chief's Day" is an example of a story where the title is the story idea. I was thinking about an "ordinary day" challenge from
ringprov, and came up with that."Dream Blossoms" is an example of a title that came with the plotbunny. I was riffing off of hobbit naming customs; if the reader realizes that, that fact plus the pairing will tell them what the story is about.
"While We Raise Our Hearts in Love" is a title I had to work to find, and it's longer and clunkier than the other titles above, isn't it?
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