Check in day 4

[lilly_c]

How is the writing going today? What about yesterday?

Poll #20823

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Today I

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Wrote
3 (37.5%)

Edited
1 (12.5%)

Posted
0 (0.0%)

Sent to beta
1 (12.5%)

Researched
0 (0.0%)

Planned
3 (37.5%)

Had a cheeky break
2 (25.0%)

Dealt with life
1 (12.5%)

Discussion: titles. How do you come up with your titles?

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"how do you come up with titles?"

[ojicontent]

I like to come up with titles from Wikipedia articles. It feels kind of corny and pretentious, but I like corny and pretentious things.

The most recent fic I've been working on is titled after a deleted article about a French phrase for "the urge to jump off of a cliff for no good reason other than that there is a cliff to jump off of" that unfortunately got merged with "Suicidal Ideation". I think it's thematically topical, because the fic itself is about characters knowingly making terrible decisions for the sole reason that it's the worst possible course of action.

[linaewen]

I'm doing writing and editing, but it's as part of my job of tutoring college students for whom English is a second language. I'm looking forward to the end of their semester (one more week!), so that I can put aside that kind of writing and exchange it for writing fic!

I usually find a title in my own story, using a phrase from the story or chapter that summarizes the action or main crisis.

[frogfarm]

I too often use song lyrics or titles for my titles. As a result, I spend too long agonizing over trying to come up with something more creative and original. Then half the time, I say "screw it" and go with the song.