On titling fics

[themostepotente]

I'm hard pressed to admit -- sometimes the title of a fic is the deciding factor on whether or not I read it.

Titles can be very eye catching, and sometimes I need that stimulus (can I call it this?) to attract my attention.

Witty, clever, thought provoking -- anything really. I just need to make that connection.

To me, there is nothing worse than a poorly titled fic. Does anyone else share these sentiments?

Do poor titles affect your judgement? Does the word 'Untitled' tend to turn you off?

How do you go about choosing an appropriate title for your fic? Song titles, catchy phrases?

What about sharing story titles with a well-known author? So many fics out there. It has to happen more often than not.

Share your thoughts, please :-)

--P

Comments

[chelidona.livejournal.com]

From daily_snitch
Titling is hard ... but I see it as common courtesy. If a writer can't even be bothered to come up with a title in my experience they didn't put a lot off effort in it anyway. And seeing how many WIP's I am reading (and I am sure I'm not the only one) I'd get to confused if I would read untitled ones as well. If a title is lame or really cool doesn't affect me most of the times - if a title seems seriously inane, I won't read (but can't think of an example here).
As for my own fics - most of my titles would fall into the "lame" category I think.