New Novel idea but don't have a title for it

[RyzaCobalion]

So I have an idea for a new series to write about. Dx The only problem I have atm is coming up with a title for this series. I have written a synopsis and made three very possible titles for it but can't decide on which should I pick. I would like to read your feedback and vote on which title I should use for this new novel series i have plan in the works. Or if you have a suggested title let me know as well. Dx meanwhile it's midnight over here so I'm gonna hit to bed. Later guys!

In a distance dystopia future. Humans now live in isolated cities. Corporations now battle it out to be the biggest consumer product in their respective cities and the biggest one of them all are Weapons R and D and especially genetic experimentation. Those that live in the city life for the highlight from the corporations for being their loyal customers. Those kicked out of the city, are doomed to starve to death out of the city. No one ever survives outside of the city. All but one, a young teen who lives in the ruins of a metropolis strip mall, scavenging every store to use for his makeshift shelter on top of the mall which can only be access by parkouring using metal pipes he has arrange that only he can get atop of. The only real problem is that there's a huge bounty on his head for being the only one surviving outside the city. So large that there's a mountain of ashes remain of every bounty hunter that went after him a few miles north of the ruined mall all because he's only one making a living on the outskirts of the cities. When the city-states that "No one survives outside the city" they like to keep it that way.

• The Outcaster
• Rogue Experiment
• Lost and Never Found

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[jeremieandashle]

I don't know, I sort of like calling it something not on the list. Is that allowed?

I was thinking something like "The Marked Survivor"...

[RyzaCobalion]

I did saw if you have an alternative name for a title to let me know and I'm putting that on the list.

[jeremieandashle]

Ha I read your post and somehow missed that! Sorry. I must have been really zoning at that time. Upon second reading I see it right there clear as day!

[RyzaCobalion]

XD lol it's okie if you miss it the first time. But I will jot that down as a potential title as this new novel series I'm working on is still in the works.

[MeltingCORE]

First off, this idea sounds dope af. Love it. Good luck with it! Second, "Rouge Experiment" sound the catchiest.

[irresponsiblepics]

I prefer The Outcaster...But I personally would drop it to being just titled "Outcaster"...would be catchier.

Other word immediately came to mind is "Pariah" maybe something with that?

[RyzaCobalion]

oooohhhh that actually might be good as well. Thanks for the suggestion!!

[CosmicLeon]

I like The Outcaster, but I feel like it may have been done, or too similar to other titles.

other thoughts: What about symbolism in your story? Is there something of significance to your character, that can also act as a metaphor?

Other suggestions if you haven't already decided.
Unemployed Outcast
Mall Squatter

[CosmicLeon]

My worry is that it is too close to outlander. (in title anyways) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlander_(TV_series)

[RyzaCobalion]

There really isn't symbolism with the mc in the story. He's just a teen that stripped from his humanity because the city itself didn't see him as a human being at all since he was born and raised in a lab always referring to him as "Lab Rat". When he got out of the lab. He tried to make a living in the lower slums of the city. But even they don't want him there. So he was chase and force to make a living out in the wastelands of the city. But as I mentioned, When the city-states that "No one survives outside the city" they like to keep it that way. So the mc really has one goal in the story, to survive.

[irresponsiblepics]

Sure but there is very little in the way of original titles.
For example Outlander is too close to Outland and there is a sci fi film called outlander also.

Outland (1981) - IMDb

Outlander (2008) - IMDb

Outlanders 2018 (2020) - IMDb

[RyzaCobalion]

XD HOW MANY OUTLANDERS ARE OUT THERE!? Like Seriously are there that many movies or shows that are name Outland or Outlanders?

[Ordinaryaverageguy]

If I might suggest... don't pick a final name yet. Write more. The story & characters may later develop in your mind & on the page in ways you don't yet anticipate. Those surprises may end up suggesting the name that you will like.

[RyzaCobalion]

That is true. i am still writing the story and characters atm and the next I will work on concept art in the near future as well.

[Ordinaryaverageguy]

I have 8 short stories published thus far, from 1 pagers to >35, and I think only 2 of those published with the same title I used for the drafts.
I was intrigued by the mention of a "mountain of ashes".

[RyzaCobalion]

i think i'll actually use as one of the chapter's name

[EdwardGreene]

My three ranked suggestions, in addition to the poll options:

1. S T R I P P 3 R
2. Rogue_001
3. No One Survives Outside The City

[RyzaCobalion]

I like the third one!