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ZannaPerry
09-09-2007, 08:15 AM
Okay...out of this list, which title would capture your attention, as a reader, the most??
Cry for Me
Kill for Me
Obsession
Foolish Games
Good Enough
Coming Up from Behind
This is How it Ends
Face to Face
Stay Awake
Killing You
Run Away
Waiting
Field of Innocence
I already have an idea of what I want it to be, but I'd also like opinions. :) THANKS!
storygirl
09-09-2007, 08:20 AM
I like This is How it Ends, but I don't know why. It just captured my interest the most for a reason unknown to me.
JamieFord
09-09-2007, 08:23 AM
I like Cry for Me, but honestly, without a pitch blurb or log-line, it's hard to say...
ZannaPerry
09-09-2007, 08:25 AM
Cry for me is the one I am thinking about the most, but then Kill for Me is another great one and actually fits more with the story. I'm caught between those two and I won't know which one sounds better until I get most of my story put together.
Anonymisty
09-09-2007, 08:28 AM
I like This is How it Ends, but I don't know why.
I'll throw in a vote for this one, too. It's different, and definitely attention-catching.
desertcomet
09-09-2007, 08:38 AM
I also like This is How it Ends. Waiting is nice too.
Try this (http://www.lulu.com/titlescorer/index.php).
Not the most scientific thing in the world but fun.
Azraelsbane
09-09-2007, 08:49 AM
Cry for Me, without a doubt. Then again, one of my antagonist's favorite things to say is "scream for me," so I could just be biased. ;)
wayndom
09-09-2007, 08:55 AM
No question in my mind.
Kill for Me
Compelling, intriguing, skewed. Immediately puts questions in the reader's mind, and promises an unusual story.
There's not a close second-place on the list.
ZannaPerry
09-09-2007, 09:06 AM
Wow...thank you everyone for the inputs!
Chasing the Horizon
09-09-2007, 09:27 AM
I like Field of Innocence. No real idea why, but if all those titles were in a row, that's the one I'd reach for first.
kristie911
09-09-2007, 09:28 AM
Definitely Kill For Me.
vvgooding
09-09-2007, 09:51 AM
This is How it Ends.
Reminds me of T.S. Eliot's poem, "The Hollow Men."
I might just be biased, though.
Stijn Hommes
09-09-2007, 01:37 PM
I go with the rest. "This Is How It Ends" jumped out at me.
Cassiopeia
09-09-2007, 01:58 PM
Good Enough
aadams73
09-09-2007, 02:43 PM
Another vote for This is How it Ends.
JJ Cooper
09-09-2007, 02:58 PM
Kill for me.
Do not use 'Coming up from Behind'
JJ
dclary
09-09-2007, 03:01 PM
Kill for Me, Crying
J. Weiland
09-09-2007, 03:09 PM
Field of Innocence, without a doubt.
Leigh Walker
09-09-2007, 06:22 PM
I like This is how it ends.
It definitely caught my attention and by the title alone I would be curious enough to at least read the back.
Saanen
09-09-2007, 06:28 PM
I like This Is How It Ends also. It's different.
Jamesaritchie
09-09-2007, 06:49 PM
Cry for me is the one I am thinking about the most, but then Kill for Me is another great one and actually fits more with the story. I'm caught between those two and I won't know which one sounds better until I get most of my story put together.
How about combining the titles? Cry for Me, Kill for Me.
Stijn Hommes
09-09-2007, 06:54 PM
Oh, nice one. I'd go for that too.
Julie Worth
09-09-2007, 06:58 PM
How about combining the titles? Cry for Me, Kill for Me.
A combination, definitely!
Foolish Games in a Field of Innocence
Face to Face or From Behind, This is How it Ends
ZannaPerry
09-09-2007, 09:09 PM
How about combining the titles? Cry for Me, Kill for Me.
That won't be too much?
Oh, Lordy...you all are being so helpful! And pulling me in every which direction on a title.
This is How it Ends is really tugging on the lot of you.
I'm still considering....:rolleyes:
Tasmin21
09-09-2007, 09:47 PM
I like Cry for Me
ClaudiaGray
09-09-2007, 10:31 PM
Kill for Me is what I find most arresting.
MelodyO
09-09-2007, 10:33 PM
This is How It Ends. The other ones are good, but those kinds of titles are used so often they don't even have an impact on me anymore. FWIW. Good luck!
Jamesaritchie
09-10-2007, 05:31 AM
That won't be too much?
Oh, Lordy...you all are being so helpful! And pulling me in every which direction on a title.
This is How it Ends is really tugging on the lot of you.
I'm still considering....:rolleyes:
I don't think it's too much at all. As an editor, it's one I'd toss out to marketing, which means nothing except that I like it. All the others, including This is How it Ends, just come across as ordinary to me.
Cry For Me, Kill For Me is a nice play on two very different emotions, I think. It's also reminiscent of the U2 song, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me.
Wolvel
09-10-2007, 11:37 AM
Or combine This Is How it ends, you Killing for me
Xx|e|ph|e|me|r|al|xX
09-10-2007, 12:38 PM
Okay...out of this list, which title would capture your attention, as a reader, the most??
Cry for Me
Kill for Me
Obsession
Foolish Games
Good Enough
Coming Up from Behind
This is How it Ends
Face to Face
Stay Awake
Killing You
Run Away
Waiting
Field of Innocence
I already have an idea of what I want it to be, but I'd also like opinions. :) THANKS!
*Points accusatory finger* Ev fan!! *pauses; glomps* XD
Okay, so maybe not, but Good Enough (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ydmXnGLkEn8) and Field of Innocence (http://youtube.com/watch?v=gwwFMIjxBRg) on one list is just too much of a coincidence. ;) (ETA--I like Ev titles/Ev title derivatives. Like my Whisper (which I'm considering making "the last whipser" or something, to combine another fitting ev song...but tangent alert! XD))
Anyway, I agree with others. Combining is cool. I vote for combining anything with the Ev title names. I see anything remotely Ev-related and it instantly grabs my attention. In fact, I'll probably buy this one just knowing you considered them as titles. XD
But I do like Cry for Me, Kill for Me. :)
BigRed
09-10-2007, 11:43 PM
This is How it Ends. Oh I like that...a lot! Now I have to know what "This" is, why it's ending and "How"!
talps
09-11-2007, 12:23 AM
Another vote for This is How it Ends. It has a confidence to it that the others don't. Not that your alternatives are bad - just not as bold.
ZannaPerry
09-11-2007, 01:41 AM
The thing is with This is How it Ends, to me, is such a powerful title and it's like....can I deliver a story good enough to bring that title to justice?
jmindigo
09-11-2007, 03:06 AM
Looking down that list, Cry For Me and Kill For Me pop out at me the most. They feel very modern and snappy.
Stijn Hommes
09-11-2007, 03:21 AM
The thing is with This is How it Ends, to me, is such a powerful title and it's like....can I deliver a story good enough to bring that title to justice? Just put it through some critiqueing and find out.
Writer14
09-11-2007, 04:00 AM
Another vote for "Cry For Me". If i saw that on the book shelf i'd pick it up and give it a look over. Like I do with every book I usually end up buying,lol.
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