I have no inspiration for tonight's post, which leads to the lack of title.
Actually, titles have always been a sore spot for me. I rarely end up with a title that I like. I'm good with coming up with working titles, but it's hard to come up with a good final title. I keep waiting for some memorable line to appear in the story/play/novel, but most of the time, I miss it entirely! You'd think that, being the author, I might actually catch those sorts of things... You'd be wrong.
I'm having an easier time writing two of my latest pieces, and I think that's because I'm doing a hell of a lot less self-insertion than I used to. I'm still definitely attached to my work, and emotionally involved, but I don't feel like I have to end up with an outcome that is appropriate to what I would expect/hope for in that situation.
Of course, every once in a while, I come up with a superfun idea for a title, and then I can't manage to come up with a story to go with it....
Is there a home for orphaned titles? Somewhere I can adopt one for my stories? And somewhere I can leave titles that I can't use? That would be a good thing...
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I'm awful at being creative in the written aspect, so I gave up on my writing career at an early age.
Did I mention that I put you on my blogroll? I did a post and everything!
I have a hard time with titles, too. You'd think they'd be the Easy Part...
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