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A proper name for a story.

11 years ago

Regarding a Cherokee mythological being, the Raven mocker. I have the general plot line, in my mind. However, I've also been rubbish at titles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Mocker

A proper name for a story.

11 years ago

I'd say The Raven Mocker is a pretty decent title in it's own right. It's hard to give any other suggestions without knowing more details about what kind of story it is.

I'm bad at titles too though so maybe you shouldn't take my advice...

A proper name for a story.

11 years ago

Well, I'd say that I'm pretty good with titles, but I'd need more info on the story itself to help you there. Like weather you're planning on having it humorous or serious, which section it will be in, what the basic plot line would be, what the cast of characters are.

Ex: Slightly humorous, sci-fi, adventure. Short thing about the story: a young werewolf escapes from a mutant school. Cast of characters: A handful of werewolves, a couple 'failed experiments', magic users.

Based off of that, I'd call it Werewolves an' Magic. It catches the slightly humorous and a hint at adventure right there in the title. It will obviously have werewolves and magic users or at least magical things in it based off of what the title says. You put together the hint at adventure with the werewolves and you get a hint at possible plot. Obviously this isn't the best title you could get since it doesn't get the sci-fi or the failed lab experiments in it. Though not all authors take all this into consideration, so most of the time you can't really accurately tell these things about the story just by the title. 'Don't judge a book by it's cover.'

A proper name for a story.

11 years ago

He said it was based on Cherokee mythology so it wouldn't be in Sci-Fi xD It would most likely be in Edutainment or Everything Else.

 

A proper name for a story.

11 years ago

Most likely fantasy if it's a real thing in the story that actually kills people.

Taco just has a hard-on for werewolves and so was using his own story as an example.

A proper name for a story.

11 years ago

Umm...TC is a girl.

A proper name for a story.

11 years ago
Or both, you never know :P

A proper name for a story.

11 years ago

Okay then she was using HER own story for an example because werewolves...um...flood her basement? Help me out here.

A proper name for a story.

11 years ago

I believe the term is "sploosh"

A proper name for a story.

11 years ago

Eww...

A proper name for a story.

11 years ago
Shlck

A proper name for a story.

11 years ago

Those spiced peaches were really something.

A proper name for a story.

11 years ago

I think I'm actually going to convert this into a regular short story, actually, since I can't really find a way, in my mind, to implement the choices without them seeming shoehorned in. As for the problem of the name, I think I'm just going to call it "The Mocked Raven." Yeah, I know it's a copout, and is basically just switching around the myth name, but eh, I can't think up anything better.

A proper name for a story.

11 years ago

"The Raven Mocker" honestly has a nicer ring to it. >.>'