Judge A Book... By Its Title?

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Judge A Book...

By Its Title?

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#titleimportance

Photographer: Janko Ferlič

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How important are titles to you?

   For me, titles are really, really important. It's the one thing that helps draw the attention of curious onlookers. I believe that the more eye-catching the title, the better the chance that someone would get curious to check it out. Then again, to each their own, so it's hard to please everyone at once.

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Do you primarily choose a book based on the title?

   When I was younger, yes. But now I go and read the book's summary... however, recently, all I keep reading are, "Number 1 Best Seller!", "A good read!", "Extra comments that will not help you know the contents of the book without searching it in the 'net!"

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Would you refuse to read a book because of its title?

   Maybe. Maybe not. I dunno… guess we'll just see then, hm?

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How do you pick the perfect title for your own works?

   This is difficult… um, it depends. Sometimes I based my works on songs, so the title ends up being the same as the song title. Other times, I based it on who I'm talking about, so the title would then include the person in question. And other times still, the title finds me. As in I'll wind up reading a nice phrase or some of those 'rare words', and only then would I write something about that.

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What sort of title cliches should authors avoid?

   I honestly don't know. I mean, with so many published works right now, it's kind of hard to avoid making cliche-sounding titles. Maybe just hope for the best that potential readers would like the title, I guess.

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Examples of titles I love or hate

L O V E

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

   I dunno. It just sounds very interesting for me, so... yeah. Historical stories aren't really my cup of tea, but hey, I made an exemption with this one all because I think that the title isn't something that's, well, ordinary. I mean, if you think about it, why would it be called 'the book thief'? Why was there a need to steal books? Even without knowing the plot of the story, the title was enough to captivate me.

The Magician's Nephew & The Last Battle (The Chronicles Of Narnia)

C. S. Lewis

   Of all the books in this series, these two really caught my attention! Okay, so… when I was younger, I asked my mum to buy me books for my birthday. Lo and behold, she got me a boxed set of The Chronicles Of Narnia. Of course, the first thing I did was to inspect each of the books one by one. And, well, I liked the sound of the above two titles. Story-wise, I love The Magician's Nephew, whereas The Last Battle is an average for me.

   Voyage Of The Dawn Treader was nice as well, but at that time, I just... it didn't clicked. Only now have I realised the title's greatness. Not enough to be on par with the ones above though :joy_cat:

Ready Player One

Ernest Cline

   I think most of you peeps know by now that I'm a gaming geek, especially with the amount of game-related poems I've written… anyway, I learnt of this book when I was visiting one of my friends. I saw this on her shelf, and I became really curious about it. So much so, that I borrowed it without a second thought.

   Imagine the surprise when I heard that there was a movie about it!

Mortal Gods

Kyrie (that's me!)

   At first, I was really sceptical of this title. More so in fear that I might end up catching the attention of, well, rabid people, if you know what I mean. Anyway, I just love the contrasts between the two words... Mortal, for those who we think are weak and capable of dying, and Gods, for those who we think are immortal and all-powerful. An oxymoron, yes, but it's a great oxymoron.

   By the way, before I actually posted this (the work Mortal Gods), I ran a couple of questions around other s in this Amino 'bout the title, and they said that they liked it.

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H A T E

You Have To Stop This

Pseudonymous Bosch

   Compared to the rest of the series' books, this one is... well, the title's not strong enough to leave a good impression to me. I mean, if you compare it to the rest of the series' titles, it seems so... bland. Like flour. Important and an all around useful ingredient in lots of recipes, but bland nonetheless.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Seth Grahame-Smith

   Do I have to explain? I mean, sure, there was this boom of interests in regards to zombies, but... yeah. I think this is one of the worst title there is known to humankind.

Trials Of Death (The Saga Of Darren Shan)

Darren O'Shaughnessy

   I mean, for me, adding 'death' takes away the excitement. Like, it's kinda anticipated that trials would mean that a character in question would be put into some sort of dangerous situation, so... yeah. It's a good read, though, and I might start reading the series again.

Allons y!

Kyrie (it's me again!)

   Okay, so for this poem, it was just a sudden decision. Like, there was no thought behind it. There was no reason for this to be the title of the poem. No planning nor pondering was done. None. Zero. I don't know what possessed me to make this the title, either. I mean, there's the influence from Doctor Who, but then again, I'm not sure.

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   So... yeah. These are my thoughts in regards to titles, its importance, and other stuffs. Hate me or love me, these are all my opinions, so I'll gladly defend them.

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