Comments on: Title Woes http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/ about the craft and business of fiction Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:08:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96447 Therese Walsh Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:44:50 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96447 ClaudiaV, your titles are very wise! :-) ClaudiaV, your titles are very wise! :-)

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]]> By: ClaudiaV http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96431 ClaudiaV Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:13:29 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96431 Hi Therese! Thinking in a title for a book is not easy at all (specially when you already have one in your mind and people say “no”). I’m sure something good will come out when you less expect. I’m also writing a book series (maybe a triology, haven’t decided yet) and I just call them “Book 1” and “Book 2”. :) I don’t have any clue of what title to give to each one if someone asked me too. Just know the overall name. I read this year the first book of Gregory Maguire (I love the book) and I have the second one under the Christmas tree. Just hope they will translate to Portuguese the “A Lion among man” too. Hi Therese!

Thinking in a title for a book is not easy at all (specially when you already have one in your mind and people say “no”). I’m sure something good will come out when you less expect.

I’m also writing a book series (maybe a triology, haven’t decided yet) and I just call them “Book 1” and “Book 2”. :) I don’t have any clue of what title to give to each one if someone asked me too. Just know the overall name.

I read this year the first book of Gregory Maguire (I love the book) and I have the second one under the Christmas tree. Just hope they will translate to Portuguese the “A Lion among man” too.

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]]> By: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96324 Therese Walsh Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:33:30 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96324 Thanks for the idea, Pam. I like it! Thanks for the idea, Pam. I like it!

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]]> By: Pam http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96310 Pam Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:50:25 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96310 Therese, I know it's frustrating when you love a title. It's almost unusual though it seems to be able to actually keep an original title. I have to admit, I understand their concern with the title. When I first heard it I wondered if it was a typo, because I wasn't familar with the word, it just didn't sound right to me. What about simply, NO BOUNDARIES It's provocative and intriguing. It's also more clear than UNBOUNDED in meaning. (To me anyway, and I'm actually pretty well read!). I'm sure you'll end up with a great title. ~Pam Therese,

I know it’s frustrating when you love a title. It’s almost unusual though it seems to be able to actually keep an original title. I have to admit, I understand their concern with the title. When I first heard it I wondered if it was a typo, because I wasn’t familar with the word, it just didn’t sound right to me.

What about simply,

NO BOUNDARIES

It’s provocative and intriguing. It’s also more clear than UNBOUNDED in meaning. (To me anyway, and I’m actually pretty well read!).

I’m sure you’ll end up with a great title.

~Pam

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]]> By: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96172 Therese Walsh Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:33:47 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96172 Kristan, I'm with you. I own the book, and let Kath borrow it to read, but I haven't read it yet myself. (I need to find a way to stretch time.) I'm glad you enjoyed the 'view! Annie, it means unlimited or limitless...having no boundaries. I'm glad I'm not the only one who loses hours to the title hunt. :-) Kristan, I’m with you. I own the book, and let Kath borrow it to read, but I haven’t read it yet myself. (I need to find a way to stretch time.) I’m glad you enjoyed the ‘view!

Annie, it means unlimited or limitless…having no boundaries. I’m glad I’m not the only one who loses hours to the title hunt. :-)

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]]> By: annie http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96170 annie Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:18:30 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96170 I can almost write a story faster than I can come up with a title. What's a synonym for "unbounded"? I can almost write a story faster than I can come up with a title.

What’s a synonym for “unbounded”?

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]]> By: Kristan http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96167 Kristan Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:38:51 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96167 I admit, I haven't read the book, but I ADORE the musical. This is a great interview, and I've developed a great deal of respect for him after hearing the motivation and the thought behind his idea for Wicked. (How we demonize people with words.) And I LOVE the way he supports and explains the musical and its relation to his book. I get no sense of ego from him (like I do from interviews with Nabokov, for example) and that makes me like him even more! What a fabulous interview. I confess, I'm going to snag and re-post on my own blog. With credit, of course! As for titles... sorry this one isn't apparently going to be permitted by the higher ups, but you know what? When you think of a book, do you really care what its title is? That's merely a naming device so people know which STORY you're talking about. If you think of it that way, maybe you won't stress out about it too much? (I'm not saying there aren't other ways I think of it, haha, just trying to present a frame of mind in which the title isn't very significant!) I admit, I haven’t read the book, but I ADORE the musical. This is a great interview, and I’ve developed a great deal of respect for him after hearing the motivation and the thought behind his idea for Wicked. (How we demonize people with words.)

And I LOVE the way he supports and explains the musical and its relation to his book. I get no sense of ego from him (like I do from interviews with Nabokov, for example) and that makes me like him even more!

What a fabulous interview. I confess, I’m going to snag and re-post on my own blog. With credit, of course!

As for titles… sorry this one isn’t apparently going to be permitted by the higher ups, but you know what? When you think of a book, do you really care what its title is? That’s merely a naming device so people know which STORY you’re talking about. If you think of it that way, maybe you won’t stress out about it too much?

(I’m not saying there aren’t other ways I think of it, haha, just trying to present a frame of mind in which the title isn’t very significant!)

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]]> By: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96145 Therese Walsh Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:55:47 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96145 Marie, you have my sympathy! Why is it so hard? Sweating blood is a good way to describe it, though! Cathy J, thanks for your thoughts. I've been assured that the "lost publicity" isn't anything to worry about, since the more substantial publicity will kick off next year -- but I had the same concerns originally. I still love Unbounded, but it won't do me any good to keep mourning it. :-( Marie, you have my sympathy! Why is it so hard? Sweating blood is a good way to describe it, though!

Cathy J, thanks for your thoughts. I’ve been assured that the “lost publicity” isn’t anything to worry about, since the more substantial publicity will kick off next year — but I had the same concerns originally. I still love Unbounded, but it won’t do me any good to keep mourning it. :-(

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]]> By: Cathy J http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96144 Cathy J Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:38:36 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96144 But I like "UNBOUNDED" very much. It is perfect for the story. It sums up so much in one simple word. Good luck coming up with something as perfect. What about all of the publicity you have already gotten with "Unbounded" announced as your book? When your book comes out with a different name are people going to know it is "THE ONE" they have been waiting for?!? I really like "UNBOUNDED" But I like “UNBOUNDED” very much. It is perfect for the story. It sums up so much in one simple word. Good luck coming up with something as perfect. What about all of the publicity you have already gotten with “Unbounded” announced as your book? When your book comes out with a different name are people going to know it is “THE ONE” they have been waiting for?!? I really like “UNBOUNDED”

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]]> By: Marie Force http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96143 Marie Force Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:37:11 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/16/gregory-maguire-interview-on-cnn/#comment-96143 Going thru same thing. Lost ability to think clearly, let alone write anything. Can't think of much past the original title, which was hard to come by. Sweat some blood. Came up with list of 10 possibilities. Waiting to hear if one is a go. Taking to bed. Over and out. Going thru same thing. Lost ability to think clearly, let alone write anything. Can’t think of much past the original title, which was hard to come by. Sweat some blood. Came up with list of 10 possibilities. Waiting to hear if one is a go. Taking to bed. Over and out.

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