Comments | xenokattz: OH LOOK A DISTRACTION meme

xenokattz

OH LOOK A DISTRACTION meme

Apr 07, 2011 19:16

From likeadeuce & penknife
Ask me a question about one of my stories or my approach to writing in general. It can be absolutely anything in any fic and I will tell you the honest-to-god answer. Don’t hold back. Anything. Whatever you ask, I will try my best to answer.This has a bit of crossover from another meme I think but each story's different. My stories are ( Read more... )

meta: writing, meta: fanfic ideas, memes, meta: fanfics

Comments 3

likeadeuce April 8 2011, 04:04:14 UTC

Talk to me about titles! Where do you get them? Are they easy for you? Hard? Favorite or least favorite part?

xenokattz April 8 2011, 05:42:45 UTC

URGH. Titles. Titles are HARD for me. I think of a title as a way to draw people in and, at the same time, present the core of the story plus a dash of atmosphere. Is that a lot? I think it's a lot. I'm not the most succinct person-- thank goodness I'm not a journalism major-- so this is Very Difficult ( ... )

likeadeuce April 8 2011, 12:55:38 UTC

Oh, interesting! Thanks.

Man, I just looked back at my couple years or so of fic titles and just about everything falls in the category of 'song lyric' 'cliche' or 'twist on a cliche.' (I've got Beatles, Billy Joel, Springsteen and actually two Lou Reed songs. And then stuff like "Displays of Affection", "Common Cause," "Bad Cop" and "Superhuman Resources".) I don't know what any of this means! But I understand the general title anxiety. It's what your story is going to be CALLED dammit.