For my own purposes, though I'm not prolific, I can't write and post without a title. It stems from my high school experience in essay contests, where you were flatly disqualfied from the competition without titles. I title first, even if I change it later. If I don't have a title in mind (inspired by a lyric or line from a poem, generally) I use the old standard: "This, That and the Other Thing." Someday I'll actually use that title and have to find a new standard.
However, I don't read untitled fic outside of drabbles. If you didn't care enough about it to name it, you likely didn't care enough to spell check, either. I want some assurance you put a modicrum of effort into it.
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Date: 2004-07-18 02:05 pm (UTC)For my own purposes, though I'm not prolific, I can't write and post without a title. It stems from my high school experience in essay contests, where you were flatly disqualfied from the competition without titles. I title first, even if I change it later. If I don't have a title in mind (inspired by a lyric or line from a poem, generally) I use the old standard: "This, That and the Other Thing." Someday I'll actually use that title and have to find a new standard.
However, I don't read untitled fic outside of drabbles. If you didn't care enough about it to name it, you likely didn't care enough to spell check, either. I want some assurance you put a modicrum of effort into it.