Titles are Hard
At The Millions, Chloe Benjamin talks to five authors about the process they used to name their books.Related Posts:Writing, Titling, TricoloningThe End Has a StartWhat Dreams May ComeThe Books That...
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Greek for “of equal number of clauses,” isocolon is a rhetorical device that produces a sense of order by balancing parallel elements that are similar in structure and length within a sentence. An...
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For The Millions, Janet Potter offers a “handy” guide to help authors come up with catchy titles for books at various stages in their careers. For those writing “the disappointing sophomore effort,”...
View ArticleHow to Title Your Next Novel
What patterns, dreams, and desires lie hidden within the ostensible hook of a novel’s title?Dustin Illingworth, for Lit Hub, explores the keys to a successful book title after considering, among...
View ArticleTransvestite Vampire Biker Nuns vs. Birdwatchers
Finally, the 2016 Oddest Book Title of the Year nominees have been announced, and they include captivating titles like Transvestite Vampire Biker Nuns from Outer Space: A Consideration of Cult Film and...
View ArticleWhat’s in a Name?
If there are indeed an infinite number of universes, it’s nice to think there might be one where all of the books we have come to know bear their original, author-intended titles. For the Paris Review,...
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The Rumpus Interview with Esmé Weijun Wang
Most writers can attest to the difficulty of putting the figurative pen to page. I often rationalize it as the byproduct of our quirky charm, our heads perennially in the clouds, capable of performing...
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The Rumpus Interview with Jerald Walker
Jerald Walker grew up believing the world would end when he was twelve. His parents—both blind—had joined the Worldwide Church of God at its height in the 1960s. The Church would later prove to be a...
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The Rumpus Interview with Tobias Carroll
I first met Tobias Carroll years ago at BookThugNation in Williamsburg. A friend and I were traveling to work at the Bronx Museum Book Fair, and Toby helped us arrange a reading at BookThug with him...
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The Rumpus Interview With Danielle Trussoni
Not long after the success of her first novel, Danielle Trussoni’s life became a fairy tale, when she and her writer husband Nikolai moved their family to a magical 13th century fortress in the...
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