I have been writing my book for a while now and I'm stuck on what I'm going to title it, so I wondered how you guys chose the title for your book? Was it just something that inspired you or what? My book is not fantasy...so I hope I'm OK asking this And I also hope I've put it in the right forum!

That is a wonderful question, because I am in the process of trying to determined a title for the historical/fantasy? novel I'm working on currently!

It really depends on the book that I'm writing. In my short story "Friends with the Enemy" it's obvious that someone is going to be friends with the enemy. I was writing a horse story called "White Rose" named after the leading mare in the story. Or a somewhat recent book I called "Black Tears (for a friend)".

As you can see I typically name my stories after the leading characters or pretty much come up with a spoiler title.

I sort of want the story I'm working on to be catching and profound. Like "Pride and Prejudice." You know what I mean? Temporarily it's called "Charlotte's Story" (Thanks to Melody) because I was tired of calling it by three trial titles. ^^;;

Good luck on titling your story!

~Calen

(Wasn't there another thread on this? I'm not sure. ) Anywho, I have a similar problem.

I have a short story called My Brother Is a Secret Agent? Talk about a spoiler title.

My titles for my (theoretical) novels are things I just came up with. A Slave's Song kept running through my head the night I had the idea of it, and it fit. I was sure it was the title before I had a song! I'm not sure where Shattering the Dark came from, but I have gotten teasing from it sounding close to Piercing the Darkness. I might change it to Awakening the Dawn, or something.

If you post a synopsis or something on here, you might get some suggestions from people.

Some possible sources of a title:

- The name of the protagonist or antagonist. (I rarely use this one, but it works well for some people).

- A word or series of words that describe the protagonist, antagonist, tone of the book, plot of the book, etc. (This is usually the easiest for me).

- A title that sounds cool but really has nothing to do with the book, though I decide I might as well use it because it doesn't fit anything else. (I've done this occasionally).

- A snippet of a classic quote or saying that fits the book. (I don't think I've ever done this myself, but I've seen other people who did).

Here's the other thread on book titles: viewtopic.php?f=49&t=1101 A lot of great suggestions were voiced (including mine, so I won't repeat them), so you might browse them for some more ideas!

Thanks for all the ideas Guys, I'm working on my title at the moment so Thanks and I'll let you know if I decide what to call it Thanks again!

Just chiming in to share a great post by an agent on titling your book: http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2010/ ... -book.html. If you're still stuck, this has lots of ideas to get you going.