Titles. Now, you got to admit, with over 380 pieces on FF.net, and even more than that on dA, I've had a lot of practice with titling. I used to hate it, but now, I am pretty happy with most of my titles. After the End, Yesterday's Tomorrows, The Evil in Men's Hearts all pleased me as titles. The one important story (for my post manga sequence) I don't like is Future Legend. But I couldn't and still can't think of a more appropriate title for it, so I ran with it.
I'm at the point in numbers that I often have to look carefully to make sure I'm not trying to duplicate a previously used one, though, and that sometimes means I don't really title a work what I want to call it.
One of my favorite titles for a short piece is Accidently, One Summer Afternoon. There's something neat and evocative about it. I title my photographs over at dA, and my favorite title of any pic is probably "Fist of the Firegod," a photo of a pyrocumulus cloud over a wild fire, because it looked vaguely fist shaped to me...It would probably make a good title for a fantasy novel. LOL.
I have no theory or strategy...I look at the work, and slap a title that seems fitting on it. Am I good at it? Heck if I know, but I'm not worried about it for fanfic.
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I'm at the point in numbers that I often have to look carefully to make sure I'm not trying to duplicate a previously used one, though, and that sometimes means I don't really title a work what I want to call it.
One of my favorite titles for a short piece is Accidently, One Summer Afternoon. There's something neat and evocative about it. I title my photographs over at dA, and my favorite title of any pic is probably "Fist of the Firegod," a photo of a pyrocumulus cloud over a wild fire, because it looked vaguely fist shaped to me...It would probably make a good title for a fantasy novel. LOL.
I have no theory or strategy...I look at the work, and slap a title that seems fitting on it. Am I good at it? Heck if I know, but I'm not worried about it for fanfic.