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9 out of 10 times, the title comes first. Quite often I find myself with a title and then I write something that fits it.
On the rare occasions that I don't have a title first, it's usually something simple (one thing I don't like is a long title that you can never quite get to the end of). I don't spend forever working on a title. I'll perhaps write a few down then pick the one that seems to 'fit' with the piece I've written.
On the rare occasions that I don't have a title first, it's usually something simple (one thing I don't like is a long title that you can never quite get to the end of). I don't spend forever working on a title. I'll perhaps write a few down then pick the one that seems to 'fit' with the piece I've written.
The title usually comes after I've written about a page or so, when I suddenly remember that I need to save the file and I need to call it something.
I wish I had a more meaningful answer, but I don't.
I wish I had a more meaningful answer, but I don't.
Hey, whatever gets the job done.
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I can't be everything to everyone. To thy own self be true.
-Thea Vidale
Dare to be the Dreamer
One day: ^E-Shark47
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I can't be everything to everyone. To thy own self be true.
-Thea Vidale
Dare to be the Dreamer
One day: ^E-Shark47
Sometimes the same with me. But a lot of times my titles make no fitting with the poem I write. And you do have a very organized method.
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I can't be everything to everyone. To thy own self be true.
-Thea Vidale
Dare to be the Dreamer
One day: ^E-Shark47
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I can't be everything to everyone. To thy own self be true.
-Thea Vidale
Dare to be the Dreamer
One day: ^E-Shark47
I almost always take something from the poem to use as the title.
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The sea was angry that day, my friends.
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The sea was angry that day, my friends.
That is one of the most popular way to do it. The difference is how one goes about doing that.
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I can't be everything to everyone. To thy own self be true.
-Thea Vidale
Dare to be the Dreamer
One day: ^E-Shark47
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I can't be everything to everyone. To thy own self be true.
-Thea Vidale
Dare to be the Dreamer
One day: ^E-Shark47
You locate the most pertinent summation of the piece within it. Bingo.
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The sea was angry that day, my friends.
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The sea was angry that day, my friends.
Mmm hmm.
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I can't be everything to everyone. To thy own self be true.
-Thea Vidale
Dare to be the Dreamer
One day: ^E-Shark47
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I can't be everything to everyone. To thy own self be true.
-Thea Vidale
Dare to be the Dreamer
One day: ^E-Shark47
Take, for instance, my piece "Making Tracks." It's about leaving the scene of a heroin overdose - so "making tracks" refers to both heroin use and leaving. It's a natural title that required very little effort.
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The sea was angry that day, my friends.
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The sea was angry that day, my friends.
Yeah. Some people can be very artsy about it and others tend to be very plain. I can give an example of my own. My poem "Ode To My Calculator", for instance. That wasn't the original title. The original title was "Calculating The Code". The problem was no one knew what the heck I was talking about when I read it, so I changed the title. It is very plain, but without it, no one really could figure it out.
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I can't be everything to everyone. To thy own self be true.
-Thea Vidale
Dare to be the Dreamer
One day: ^E-Shark47
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I can't be everything to everyone. To thy own self be true.
-Thea Vidale
Dare to be the Dreamer
One day: ^E-Shark47
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What is your method for coming up with a title for your works?
I'll start (as you know, I write poetry):
When it comes to titles, I tend to write down a title before I even write down the actual poem. It's strange but it happens. I also have a rule-of-thumb for titles. If the poem can be labeled as abstract and obscure, than a more specific or generic title should be used for clarity. If the poem makes sense as is, then the sky is the limit with a title. But that's just me.
Now how about you? And remember, I know how much you guys like to get off topic and start talking about me. Just don't. You'll just look like an idiot.
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I can't be everything to everyone. To thy own self be true.
-Thea Vidale
Dare to be the Dreamer
One day: ^E-Shark47