I've noticed that several times recently; that's what I've done. Does the carpet match the drapes? Cuckold Pleasures, It was an accident, and Stephanie's stable all started with a list of titles that I made. Some of the titles haven't gone anywhere yet but are still hanging around.
The title is usually the last thing I think of when I'm writing a story. Consequently, most of my story titles suck (the stories themselves vary in quality).
Don't believe everything that you read.
For me, that is true, but sometimes I see a title I'd like to see in my list of stories too.
I think of the titles after I've finished the story.
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I think of the titles after I've finished the story.
For me it can come kind of any time. Sometimes a title occurs to me while the story is still in the concept stage, sometimes it comes as I write, sometimes I am still struggling with it as I get the story ready to post. Can't say I have ever based the story on a title idea, though.
Something a bit soft and melancholy for our poetry competition.
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/love-poems/she-lies-there
Mostly my titles are born in a last minute panic before hitting the submit button.
Occasionally they occur during writing, and very occasionally I start with the title: Butch Cassidy and the Vegemite Kid told the story of an Australian and USA lesbian couple … that title meant the US one had to be the butch one, but didn't otherwise affect the story line.
Zucchini and the Art of Environmental Maintenance, on the other hand, which I thought of as soon as I read the brief for the nature competition, caused me dramas when I had to significantly edit the draft story down to the word limit. The easy option would have been to delete the zucchini dildo scene. But to keep the title I ended up doing a more complex edit.
Do check out my latest story:
Festive Flash competition: The Ghost of Christmas Past
And my other stories, including 5 EPs, 24 RR's, and 15 competition top 10's including my pride competition winner: On Oxford Street, This Gay Girl Found Pride While Playing With Balls
All the time! Or start from a picture! And I rarely write in a linear fashion. Often beginning and ending first. 😊
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All the time! Or start from a picture! And I rarely write in a linear fashion. Often beginning and ending first. 😊
Pro wrestling personality Paul Heyman says that's how he writes his storylines as well. I've tried it, but not with much success.
Most of my titles come after the story's done, but a few come during the editing process. It varies a lot with me.
Rarely, I do create the title first and to me, those ones are a tad better:
Santa's Favorite Ho
The Night After No Nut November
There's one I am working on now to release in December where I thought of the title back in late 2021. Knew I wouldn't have been able to finish for Christmas last year, so started the draft, abandoned it for 8 months and now trying to finish it.
In conclusion, I am jealous of you lot who can create fantastic story titles. It's a weakness of mine, I know.
My last published story: Ho For The Holidays
Rarely. In most cases, my titles emerge as the story takes form.
"It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.” Raymond Chandler
The Gin Rickey Singularity -- Dirty Talk competition entry
The title for a story arrives at any point when I am writing, and I prefer one-word titles too. Never have I thought of a title and then written, but I have seen plenty of pictures which make my imagination and motivation bloom. 😘
This is my collection of muses and stories. Stories of note include:
Little Bird - A true story of submission and dominance set in Paris between an older couple and their younger lover.
Le Weekend - Six lives intertwined during one weekend create events that change their lives forever.
Sometimes the title for me is a quote from the story, as in my 'How Fascinating' series which stems from something that one of the main characters says. The story (and title) all came from that quote, although I had the basic idea for the story before that.
I currently have a list of thirty titles that I review frequently when I am out of ideas. Often, they inspire variations of the title, but occasionally they fit. I guess they are really parts of sentences that reflect ideas I've had and inspire others. I have some that I've started three or more times and abandoned because I couldn't make them work. Back Pack in the Sierras is a title I've tried at least four times so far. 🙄
No. The title comes after the story for me. I usually start with a character, then imagine what they want. Quite often I see people, strangers, around that have an interesting quality to the way they dress and imagine their lives and desires. I've also made use of people I've seen in the news!
I think I usually come up with one during or after writing. A few I may have had a title in mind before writing. Sometimes I title chapters and may either think of one the same as above, or well after written it and before I upload the chapter, then I go back in the file and add it.
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I think I usually come up with one during or after writing. A few I may have had a title in mind before writing. Sometimes I title chapters and may either think of one the same as above, or well after written it and before I upload the chapter, then I go back in the file and add it.
This.
