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Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by his heart, and his friends can only read the title.
~ Virginia Woolf
Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels our own old happy state, and gives its title to an ugly and distorted image.
~ Charles Dickens
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The subject of how to choose the right title for your story has been chewed over many times, but no one can pick the right title for you. Make it catchy, something that will grab the shoppers attention. Easier said than done, right?
We've learned that the beginning of the story is your most important part of your writing, but we've forgotten that, even though we say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, we do judge it. The look, the title, the cover itself, the art on the front page. It's human nature to judge, weather we like it or not.
Looking back on the books you've read, the books which caught your eye before you flipped through it, what was the first thing that stuck with you, made you curious about it?
Here's an example of a book title. Two Sisters. If someone told me the title only without me seeing the book itself, and without being told about the actual tale, I'd never pick it up. It's simple, not catchy, has nothing appealing that would draw my attention to it. However, if you looked at the actual book and saw beneath the title the following 'One lied. One died.' that might create that spark big enough to me to pick it up and read the back of it to see what the deal is.
In retrospect, it's not all about the first page and how you'll hook the reader with the first words you write. It's everything. The colors, the title, the sneaky little hint you might throw out there, the cover you present the reader with, because, visual is our first sense we work with. Hope you keep that in mind next time you want to create a cover and get your book out there.
'Til next time!
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