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Cpt_Oblivious

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afaceforradio said:
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Amnestic said:
It provides disconnection. Literary analysts love things like that. Just look at Lord of the Flies!
Actually "The Lord of the Flies" is one of the names given to the rotting pig's head used as a sacrifice to "the Beast" in Simon's delusional vision, shortly before his death, which reveals that the beast is part of human nature and inside all of us.

So technically, the title is connected since the main spiritual villain in the story is "The Lord of the Flies"


Sorry about that, I did 2 essays on that book for GCSE last year.
Clever cloggs ^_^
Don't read my analysis of that book title! Look at my suggestions! [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.128342#2748598]
 

Amnestic

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Cpt_Oblivious said:
Amnestic said:
It provides disconnection. Literary analysts love things like that. Just look at Lord of the Flies!
Actually "The Lord of the Flies" is one of the names given to the rotting pig's head used as a sacrifice to "the Beast" in Simon's delusional vision, shortly before his death, which reveals that the beast is part of human nature and inside all of us.

So technically, the title is connected since the main spiritual villain in the story is "The Lord of the Flies"


Sorry about that, I did 2 essays on that book for GCSE last year.
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE. Both at the above and that I couldn't find a Manfred Von Karma RAAAAAGE! picture.


Edit: This'll do.

I just picked a novel off the top of my head which had a 'disconnected' sounding title. Next time I'll actually look at my bookshelf and find something.

My point stands, even if my example fell short :(
 

afaceforradio

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Insanum said:
afaceforradio said:
Insanum said:
afaceforradio said:
- A journalist
- A petrol station
- A former soldier
- A music festival
The pen beats the drum?
Oooh not bad, not bad at all! ^_^
Why thanks - You could go for latin if you wanted to be REALLY fancy (i have no idea what the latin is)

calamus pello pepulli pulsum drum - According to google.

Doesnt really roll off the tongue i must say.

If you need any ideas for plots lemmie know. Im good with plots but shit with writing (i tried & failed)
Ooh. If you don't mind, that'd be awesome - see me I'm great at writing, but shit with plots! Haha
 

DARKLARK

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Love's Pit stop
Assuming the journalist falls in love with the ex-soldier at the petrol station while doing a story on the music festival that the soldier is also attending. Damn im good.
 

Bealzibob

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um... er...
-A War March Requires No Tune
-Sludge Covered Eyes (The media being blinded by oil kind of theme >.>)
 

Timotei

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I've been through four damn cigarettes already. Nothing.

I guess I am useless here.
 

DARKLARK

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Suiseiseki IRL said:
I've been through four damn cigarettes already. Nothing.

I guess I am useless here.
I guess I am useless here is a great title! It conveys the jouralists pessimistic view toward her being assigned to a music festival instead of an actual hard hitting story.
 

afaceforradio

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DARKLARK said:
Suiseiseki IRL said:
I've been through four damn cigarettes already. Nothing.

I guess I am useless here.
I guess I am useless here is a great title! It conveys the jouralists pessimistic view toward her being assigned to a music festival instead of an actual hard hitting story.
Ha hawt damn Darklark you may have a point there, I never even thought of that. Hmmm I quite like that Suiseiseki!
 

Timotei

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DARKLARK said:
Suiseiseki IRL said:
I've been through four damn cigarettes already. Nothing.

I guess I am useless here.
I guess I am useless here is a great title! It conveys the jouralists pessimistic view toward her being assigned to a music festival instead of an actual hard hitting story.
For some reason I want to laugh but can't. Strange indeed.
 

DARKLARK

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Suiseiseki IRL said:
DARKLARK said:
Suiseiseki IRL said:
I've been through four damn cigarettes already. Nothing.

I guess I am useless here.
I guess I am useless here is a great title! It conveys the jouralists pessimistic view toward her being assigned to a music festival instead of an actual hard hitting story.
For some reason I want to laugh but can't. Strange indeed.
It wasnt meant as a joke i just reread that last line and went with it. Lack of sleep does weird things to the mind
 

Timotei

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afaceforradio said:
DARKLARK said:
Suiseiseki IRL said:
I've been through four damn cigarettes already. Nothing.

I guess I am useless here.
I guess I am useless here is a great title! It conveys the jouralists pessimistic view toward her being assigned to a music festival instead of an actual hard hitting story.
Ha hawt damn Darklark you may have a point there, I never even thought of that. Hmmm I quite like that Suiseiseki!
I don't know whether to cheer or facepalm.

I've hit the wall here big time. Part of me wants to sleep, yet the other wants me to go gonzo before I do. And damn.. outta smokes.
 

Amnestic

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Suiseiseki IRL said:
DARKLARK said:
Suiseiseki IRL said:
I've been through four damn cigarettes already. Nothing.

I guess I am useless here.
I guess I am useless here is a great title! It conveys the jouralists pessimistic view toward her being assigned to a music festival instead of an actual hard hitting story.
For some reason I want to laugh but can't. Strange indeed.
Methinks you've been awake too long. Perhaps you should take a break from foruming and head off to sleep? Or push through it into Second Wind, which I find makes me extremely susceptible to even the most dire of jokes.

art of me wants to sleep, yet the other wants me to go gonzo before I do.
You should sleep now, and then plan your Ding 1,000 Posts! thread and make it special.
 

Timotei

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Amnestic said:
You should sleep now, and then plan your Ding 1,000 Posts! thread and make it special.
Part of my plan was for my probable day long slumber to be my ding.
 

Orca87

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Suiseiseki IRL said:
I've been through four damn cigarettes already. Nothing.

I guess I am useless here.
Half an hour for four smokes? That's not good...

OT: I suck at titling my work, but I favour the simpler one word titles, like Motionless, or Kassian. Try something easy, three syllables or something. 'Road wise' ?
 

General Alexei

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I have an idea for the plot:
A petrol station blows up and a soldier is killed in the blast. A journalist investigates and finds out someone blew up the place with a bomb. He/she then finds out that the next bombing is at a music festival, so he/she tries to stop it.


DAMN! I AM GOOD!
 

dontlooknow

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You could call it ?Recline? or ?Reclining? because three of those ideas have archaic, or primitive connotations (for better or worse):
Petrol, or fossil fuels in general, is generally seen as ?bad?, yet we rely on it, this is similar to the violent themes associated with soldiers and war (the idea that though it is horrible, there is some form of necessity in it - you could have him being a WW2 veteran). Similarly, you could argue that music festivals appeal to people because they demand that the crowd let, amongst other things, social order, organisation and general sanitation, slip. This gives them a primitive, earthy experience for the crowd.

Not sure where the journalist would fit in, maybe more as a ... would you call it 2nd person afterthought? I don?t know if you?ve read it, but you could have the journalist character being a bit like the modern day woman in Birdsong; with a more reflective perspective?

Don't know about the plot but it sounds like a bit of fun!

Good look with your work