NOW YOU NEED A GREAT TITLE.
NO, YOU NEED AN AMAZING TITLE!
You’ve got a place-holder, a WIP title.
NOT A SUPERB TITLE.
YET.
I CAN PROVIDE THAT TITLE.
THINK OF THESE TITLES
Nobody forgets them!
- WAR AND PEACE
- STAR WARS
- TITANIC
Here are a few of mine:
- CURSE OF THE OTTAWA
- THE STROLL MURDERS
- MURDER IN MOSCOW: THE OBLAST COURT TRIAL
- BARRICADE: THE BATTLE OF THE LONG SAULT
(Subtitle: THE CANADIAN ALAMO!)
HAVE TROUBLE CREATING TITLES? YOU’RE NOT ALONE.
MANY WRITERS HATE CREATING TITLES!
- They hardly ever write them. Books can take years. Writers lack practice.
- They’re frustrating: writers aren’t sure how to write them.
- Titles are needed when the writer just wants to get the darn book published!
- Writers are too close to their material. They can’t capture it in shorthand.
- We writers can easily make a costly mistake and come up with an OK title. But that eliminates a fantastic title. Weak titles contribute to poor or no sales.
TITLE WRITING ISN’T ‘NORMAL’ WRITING
Writing titles is a completely different kind of writing than fiction or non-fiction.
Writing books is artistic; writing titles is copywriting, ‘sales’ writing.
A novelist can write her own title and it could be brilliant or terrible.
If terrible, it’ll be because it’s the wrong kind of writing, not because it’s bad writing.
WHO CHOOSES TITLES?
- Traditional publishers create most titles for their books.
- Movie and TV series titles are created by the producers.
- How then can authors feel confident writing titles?
- Most can’t. They need a different set of eyes.
I provide that.
TITLES THAT PROMPT READERS TO OPEN THE BOOK!
IF YOU’RE UNHAPPY, GET A NEW ONE, A BETTER ONE.
Book titles, like book covers, should not normally be created by the book writer.
- I know, I know. I hear you thinking, “But covers (and titles) cost money!”
- I feel exactly the same way. But the hard facts are:
- Almost everything promotional that we writers do, costs money!
- And we don’t have much money.
- BUT Think about your titles. what results have you gotten?
- And what happens to your book if you don’t have a title that grabs potential readers. Yeah, nothing.
- You need help from somebody who has written persuasive and compelling titles for other authors.
BENEFITS OF A SUPERIOR TITLE
- POTENTIAL READERS WILL SEE IT AND CLICK
- YOU’LL BE HAPPY.
- NO MORE STRESS! You’ll be confident. (Read below!)
- ONE MORE TASK DONE FOR THAT BOOK LAUNCH!
- NO SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT CHANGING YOUR TITLE!
(THAT, as you may know, is complicated and expensive.
You need a new cover, a new ISBN, or ASIN, or both).
You need to make the changes and upload your book again.
The old edition sits on Amazon and other platforms gathering dust.
This confuses your readers.
It complicates your marketing and promotion.
You have to endlessly explain the problem of two titles for one book.
You lose any reviews you received for the original title.
I have made this mistake. It is a horrible experience!)
GET A TITLE YOU LOVE.
AND GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME!
YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT.
GO TO ‘BOOK TITLES’ ON THE NAVIGATION BAR for book titles I have created for my books as well as those of other authors.
See what you think.
If what I have suggests I can help you create a great title for your book, contact me. We’ll talk. No charge. No obligation.
Frank
