Fifty Shades of White
I made a whale—a wooden whale to hang on a wall. I will make two because one doesn’t look quite right. I showed my sister. She seemed to like
it. I told her it was a light green; she said it looked white to her, one of
the fifty shades of white, in my house.
We both laughed at her saying “fifty shades”. I haven’t read
the book Fifty
Shades of Grey, not my cup of tea, but it’s a popular book and the title is
well known. Ten years ago, if she’d said she thought my whale’s color was one
of the fifty shades of white in my house, I'd probably have said, "How rude." Then I would have agreed.
Titles are important to writing, as white is important to my house décor. (Trust me.)
If you’re
writing an article or a blog post, a creative title will help draw in an
audience. In Four
Strategies for Creating Titles That Jump Off the Page, Michael Hyatt
says that titles should “make a promise,
create intrigue, identify a need, or simply
state the content.”
I think these four points would also work in creating a title for my stories because I'm not good at creating titles.
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Do you know Rik Hall?
Well if you self publish digital books then you should know his name. He formatted
my Ebook, Grim Tales from the Ruralhood, created for the A-Z Blogging
Challenge 2012. If you need a formatter, I
recommend Mr. Rik. He’s been so understanding, professional and extremely helpful.
I can’t even begin to tell you how much. Yep, he’s the one. You have my permission
to check him out at rikhall.com. I should ask him to format me a title. I wonder if he could (or should) do that.
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Speaking of the A-Z Challenge, beginning tomorrow
April 1, I will be participating
in the Blogging from A-Z April Challenge again. As always, I have a theme—drum roll
please: Remembering the Past. My A-Z will be hosted at The Ruralhood. The gist
of it is this, I’m posting pictures of old things from around the house (no not me) and
partnering them with a blurb. That's all.
So tell me: How do you come up with your titles? Have you used Rik Hall's services?
Are you A-Z-ing this April?
Comments
I second the endorsement of Rik Hall! Fast, professional, great to work with.
Ready to rock the Challenge tomorrow!
I love coming up with titles. They come from all different places. Sometimes I'll just come up with a title I like and then write something based on the title.
Lee
Wrote By Rote
An A to Z Co-host blog