Story titles are the first thing a reader sees about your story. It should be provocative and able to pull the reader in. This means the title should be somehow connected to the story (even if that connection is not initially obvious to the reader). A good title should also be fairly simple and written with regards to proper spelling and grammar.
I've been seeing a lot of story titles that veer closely to short descriptions, that include tags and pairings, like this:
//SLASHY// We Fell in Love at a MCR Concert (Noah/Gerard)*
*This is not an actual story title; just an example.
In my opinion, a good story title includes ten or less words and be properly capitalized.
Try not to copy another story's title because it may be confusing to other readers.
Don't included decorations in your story titles, like asterisks, parenthesis (unless needed), and other random characters/punctuation. For example:
***I'm in love <3*** is not a good story title.
What do you think makes a good story title?
I've been seeing a lot of story titles that veer closely to short descriptions, that include tags and pairings, like this:
//SLASHY// We Fell in Love at a MCR Concert (Noah/Gerard)*
*This is not an actual story title; just an example.
In my opinion, a good story title includes ten or less words and be properly capitalized.
Try not to copy another story's title because it may be confusing to other readers.
Don't included decorations in your story titles, like asterisks, parenthesis (unless needed), and other random characters/punctuation. For example:
***I'm in love <3*** is not a good story title.
What do you think makes a good story title?
January 7th, 2007 at 05:45am