Things I am sick of seeing in YA titles
First of all, Normal:
(Define Normal by Julie Anne Peters, Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor, The Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon, Deliver Us From Normal by Kate Klise)
Yes, I know it's a town in Illinois, but that's no excuse for a title that essentially means nothing. Also, Freak and Perfect, consider yourselves on notice.
And while we're at it, can we stop with this?
(Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard, Deadly Little Lies by Laurie Faria Stolarz, Little Black Lies by Tish Cohen, Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad)
I just don't like where it's going, is all. YA titles should be memorable. If everything starts being little and lying all the time, your book sounds like every other YA book out there, and that's not good.
I am also sick of titles (in general, not just YA) that are a gerund followed by a name. [Doing something] to [person]. Like Drowning Ruth or Saving Zoe or Finding Forrester or whatever. Stop the literary assault on people with names!
Looking for Alaska gets a pass. But only just. I'm watching you, John Green. *side-eye*
(Define Normal by Julie Anne Peters, Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor, The Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon, Deliver Us From Normal by Kate Klise)
Yes, I know it's a town in Illinois, but that's no excuse for a title that essentially means nothing. Also, Freak and Perfect, consider yourselves on notice.
And while we're at it, can we stop with this?
(Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard, Deadly Little Lies by Laurie Faria Stolarz, Little Black Lies by Tish Cohen, Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad)
I just don't like where it's going, is all. YA titles should be memorable. If everything starts being little and lying all the time, your book sounds like every other YA book out there, and that's not good.
I am also sick of titles (in general, not just YA) that are a gerund followed by a name. [Doing something] to [person]. Like Drowning Ruth or Saving Zoe or Finding Forrester or whatever. Stop the literary assault on people with names!
Looking for Alaska gets a pass. But only just. I'm watching you, John Green. *side-eye*