Name for my book

[Cosmo]

I'm trying to think of a name for my book (its my first ever book)
I was also wondering how to write a book for example sketching out a plan etc
thanks in advance for your help & suggestions on my first thread

[The Tennessee Kid]

Originally Posted by Cosmo

I'm trying to think of a name for my book (its my first ever book)
I was also wondering how to write a book for example sketching out a plan etc
thanks in advance for your help & suggestions on my first thread

I think it would help if you gave us a little more insight into what your book is about..... i think that would help us to come up with a suitable name for your book. As for the planning stage of things........ well you need to know what its about... come up with a new plot, believable characters, how do they interact. The hero in the story or heroine needs to have a problem, over come that problem and make it interesting in the process.

Josh

[Culhwch]

So you haven't started writing it yet? I find generally the title will come once you've gotten into the work. Though a lot of time mine don't even come then. I have a lot of files that are called something like 'Untitled Western-Fantasy Idea'.... But, yeah, it's not essential to have a title before you start.

[8017949444]

i still dont have a title for my main work right now. in fact, i hardly have names for everything. like culhwch, i have stacks of ideas labeled "like pinkerton by weezer" and "instrumental evil 7 of 10", all of which yet to have developed.

as far as planning, i would be a poor example, so i cant give any tips.

[jenna]

i've been working on my main project for a couple of years and it STILL doesn't have a title! none of my projects do, i just label them with descriptions or main characters names.
as far as planning, if this is your first go at writing a book i would suggest picking up one of the many writing books that are on the market. i think they can really help when you're starting out and trying to find your feet.
here's a link to heaps of books recommended by Writers Digest.

Writers Digest

[Cyril]

I always have titles when I write a story (whatever its size) because I think it's one of the most important element of writing material. It help me in the writing process.

The title will first catch a potential reader. I think a good one must have an attractive rythm ; it must sound nice when heard ; I feel it if it don't bother me when pronounced aloud. And on another side it must sufficiently summarize the storyline to awake interest and not enough to avoid desastrous spoilers.

[direghost]

Originally Posted by Cosmo

I'm trying to think of a name for my book (its my first ever book)
I was also wondering how to write a book for example sketching out a plan etc
thanks in advance for your help & suggestions on my first thread

How about:

The Rising Light?

Screaming through the Trees?

The Artic Circle Peril?

Breaking down the door?

I Bent My Wookie?

The Monkey flings its poo?

[the_faery_queen]

i usually get a title first. it defines the story/novel
as for planning. i only plan when i know what its about, and only then vaguely. i like to keep it loose for when things don't work. but basically i just started writing and see where it goes. fit a plan together as ideas come to me, then loose what isn't working

which is what i am doing now with book 3. just had to delete a tonne of stuff for being wrong, not sure what i hav enow is anymore right, but as the plan was loose i was able to test things out without screwing up the entire novel by being stuck with one thing over another

[Cosmo]

cheers for tips
my work is in the critiques sextion quite far back.
I was thinking of. the art
wadyathink?

[MJRevell]

Although i still don't know what your writing is about, 'The Art' is certainly an intriguing enough title.

[edott]

first of all from your picture you seem quite young to be writing a book so i am really impressed. a very good name for your book would be HARRY POTTER, with a name like that ou should be able to sell tens of thousands of copies if not millions.

[Cosmo]

either that or. 'the craft'

[cornelius]

I like the craft to , it depends on the public you're aming on ( put that gun down, it was a figure of speech )

it's a though one, I keep calling my book " the chronicles" , I could change the title entirely simply by adding " of ..." ( like Narnia, Riddick...)

I'd go for "the craft" , but maybe you should do some research on works with the same titles ( both art and the craft) if one of them has a massive staus among your readers, you might want to change titles ( depends on what youu're aming at... GUN DOWN!)

[Cosmo]

lol C cheers for tips