What's the origin story of your comic/novel's title?

[drcharlotterodricks]

Compared to everyone above, I couldnt think of anything original so I just kept it as you & Me

You & Me | Tapas

And then stuck with it and ended up making Promo art

[Bokyongyo]

It was actually going to be called Talestory at first (Fairy tale hopping story lol); But as time went on and more ideas came in I felt story and plot wise to change it to Rewritten

Due to mirroring the main character’s and the other main cast‘s similar need to rewrite some aspect of themselves and their past.

Rewritten | Tapas

[DasIstWunderblyat]

"Karana" is the name of an object or entity that is important to the entire story (spoiler). That is extremely lackluster and clichéd I know. It is derived from an ancient language (Kawi) which means "Cause" or in another translation "Endeavour."

I chose the language because it is closer to my heritage than other more popular ancient languages for example Latin it is overused anyway, and it sounds more fitting for the story. It is also easy to pronounce and remember.

The title used to refer to group of people with magical powers in the earlier drafts, yet I scrapped it off because of the changes in the story (it sounded cringy anyway).

Karana | Tapas

[jcmraz]

it's the first working title I had while I was world building because after I created the general ideas of the magic system and how the world works around that, the occupation Runner kind of flowed naturally from it and being an exciting position in the world with opportunities for action this was the starting point for building my story. I was calling it Runner just as a clean way to refer to it but it just worked so I never stopped calling it that. That's usually how I end up naming things. I just call it something simple and relevant to the characters or plot while I'm working on it and then it just sticks.

Runner | Tapas

[preoccupiedpens]

Dream Hunters is the eponymous group of the series. It's really straight-forward...I guess. But if you wanna know how they got the name and what is their significance, feel free to check out the series

(Okay, I'll see myself out now.)

Dream Hunters | Tapas

[foxnflames]

I’m sure I wouldn’t have gotten that until I read the whole thing

[foxnflames]

Title wasn’t coming to me because everything I thought of sucked so failure right from the beginning then I mulled over my prologue then it hit me that I centered a lot of things about sunrise and sunset so the words hit me in the face. Rise in the East because that’s what the sun does.

[LadyN]

I honestly had no idea what to name the story until I finally realized a good name would be “Anti-Deity” because my main character Harlow is anti-gods.

Anti-Deity | Tapas

[NickRowler]

Ravensworth is a place in Virginia I used to drive pass. I ended up naming the MC’s older sister Raven Worth. The MC was named Crow Worth. The worth has multiple meaning which makes the title a bit ambiguous.

Crow's Worth | Tapas

Sugar Land is named after Sugarland Run, Virginia.

Sugar Land | Tapas

[Berserker]

@drcharlotterodricks

You & Me is one of those simple titles that just jumps out at me. It is immediately relatable especially considering the premise.

'The Turbulent March' is the slang of the common people for a monster infested frontier territory owned by the humans. There is nothing valuable there but a single important road ending in a fortified town that serves to patrol it.

A useless piece of land, but the centerpiece of much of the action in the story.

The Turbulent March | Tapas

[drcharlotterodricks]

I like yours.It's interesting especially the unconventional protagonist

[Crusoe]

I had Latin In highschool and it's fun! Like a language puzzle.

[sxxaint]

it's impossible to tell how the title applies from this opening chapter, but it is only a good book if you know everything that's going to happen in the first paragraph

this is cool though! i was wondering about yours!

@NickRowler i love that crow's worth title tbf. I like how these both came from place names (i love weird place names haha)

[Panpan]

The title of my novel is Fox Fire which is the nickname for the northern lights (aurora) in Finland. This will come into play later into the book, but the aurora is the main set for my characters (Animal Hell is the southern lights and Heaven is the northern lights). I have so many references and plans for my book and it will all tie together in the ending.

Fox Fire | Tapas

[Azifri]

Terra Prima is the name of the world where the main conflict started and where it may (or may not) end

Sounded good enough for a title.

Terra Prima | Tapas

[Crusoe]

I named my story Fair, no Fair, because I kinda want to ask you as a reader to be critical about the actions of all the characters, mainly the protagonist Simon and his love interest Joey. Every Character has a different view on if actions by others in the story were justified or not.

Was Joey justified in disliking Simon or not? From Simon's perspective certainly not, but once you get more context your perspective on the matter may start to differ or at least you may get a better understanding of why Joey did this. I specifically wrote the story from Simon's perspective so we only get his view and it's only in dialogue and Simon's interpretations of other's emotions that you get an idea of other people's perspective. You get a better understanding of others as Simon retells what he knows about them and may be challenged in those views as Simon is. (At least, I hope that comes across.)

Fair, No Fair | Tapas

[Crusoe]

Whoops, that explanation turned out pretty long

[ivanskilling]

Vehementia does sound cool! I like it!

For me, Devil's Triangle is another name for the Bermuda Triangle which is a region in the ocean where ships disappear. It can be interpreted in a few ways - either as the dark abyss of the Internet, or the mysteries revolving around the murders that happen in the novel. It also refers to the love triangles that are present among the different characters!

Devil's Triangle | Tapas

Shackles is symbolic of the limitations and expectations that are expected of the Empress Dowager. She's bound to her duty and to her people, while sacrificing her own desires.

Shackles | Tapas

Finally, Dark Bytes represents the dark side of technology and how it has transformed our lives in the present and in the near future.

Dark Bytes | Tapas

[foxnflames]

It’s probably hard to tell because of that 3/5 grammar.

I also thought of another good reason to call it that after it stuck, but it’s more abstract

[sxxaint]

This is really thoughtful! (I'm also gonna pay extra attention to how you do that now)

I'm already internally grumbling about joey, it'll be interesting getting the story behind this

@foxnflames cryin -- always figure that's the intuitive understanding of the story how extra layers come out when it clicked, mine was just called full circle until i posted it (not quite the same impact)