Wattpad Clichés 101

1. That book title cliché

Honestly, do I even have to explain? It's about book titles. Need I say more?

If it's a teen fiction book, it goes like this:
E.g.
1) The Bad Boy's Girl
2) The Bad Boy in Town
3) The Bad Boy next door
4) The Bad Boy's Bitch
5) The Bad Boy's-

Yeah you get the point.

Okay, there's nothing wrong with bad boys at all, (except the fact that they're complete assholes, excuse my language). But here's the point.
WHY YO GIVIN EVERYTHING AWAY?!
WHY? *Wails*
WHY?! *Dory's whale language*
WHY?!!

Right, I hope you get the point.

I'll give you more examples don't worry about it.

Werewolf:
•The Alpha's Girl
•The Alpha's Mate
• The Alpha's 'xyz'

Romance
(Gonna have to put names here. Any resemblance with anything is purely coincidental.)

• Maddie and Dallas
• Falling for Daniel
•Saving Tara
•Chasing Brittany

Or oh, oh, what's gold is when the whole teen pregnancy plotted book type.

1) 'Mnopqrs's Baby
2) I'm having 'abc's baby? Say what?!?!!!!!

Once again.
WHY ARE YOU GIVING EVERYTHING AWAY IN THE TITLES?!
WHY?
WHY OH WHY?

As for the title in the teen preg. books, (reference to title #2), yes I've seen titles like that. A lot. A fucking lot. (Excuse my language again. You'll get used to it when you reach the end of the book.)
I do not understand the need of giving the whole fucking description of the story in the title. There's a thing called blurb. Use that. And oh, wanna see how they use blurbs?
For nothing.
That's right.
For nothing.

So, wish I were though.

I wish my eyes had burned out before I went through the countless books like these on the 'What's Hot' list.
What's Hot?
Na gurl. More like 'What's Not'

With the same number of exclamatory marks and question marks.
And the same sort of blurb. Yeah, I almost had an existential crisis. Trust me on it.

How to avoid/correct:

I'm going to keep it simple as heck. Okay? Now, bear with me.

Please stop naming your books like this.
Literally. Just stop! For the love of everything that's holy.
S-T-O-P (It still means, stop in case you're wondering.)
You draw your readers through these elements, namely: title, blurb and covers because that's what a reader sees first. Using exclamatory marks or question marks like that is very very unprofessional. And using a full sentence for a book title is even more unless it's a self help book or something of the same sort. For example, a book dealing with a person's anxiety and depression could be titled 'How to make my life better.'
See the difference? It uses only one period mark and it's fine. Sounds business like. Let's get to business and all that. It's fine because it's nonfiction and people need to read something like this to know it's a self help book. Even then, it uses a legible blurb or the author's description. That's nonfiction.

For fiction writers, let me tell you. You want your people hooked, don't you? And do you know what hooks humankind the most? Mystery and curiosity. They say 'curiosity killed the cat' and that's the same for humans. They want it. They need it to thrive. The unknown. So make the title a little subtle about the setting. Say a phrase or a word that the whole story is about or has a great significance in it.

Now, second part of that saying says, 'Curiosity killed the cat and knowledge saved it'.
People will read your work to save themselves. To know what's behind the title. To know what it means. To know what it is about.

I've seldom seen books that have the details like I showed in the picture and have a great story content. It's not that you should judge a book by it's cover. No. But it plays a major role. What sells is what's attractive. If your title is attractive enough people with dive right in to check out what's it about. Knowledge saved the cat, didn't it? Have a cool title and you're set to get some attention. Here's an example:

Looking for Alaska

by John Green

Great book, one of my favorites, drives the readers crazy. I still can't - sorry, irrelevant.

Anyhow.

Look at the simplicity of the title. A person might think that the said girl is lost or something. Or a cartographer is looking for the state.

Reader, before starting the book:
Is it like, Alaska the state? No?
Is it a girl?
Drugs, addiction, abuse, love life, what is it? Why is she being looked for? Who is looking for her? Why the hell does she need to be found? Why the hell can't those ni- asses let her stay? Why oh why?

That is how curiosity is instilled. It's a trap. And reader takes the bait and gets on to the blurb.

Bit of knowledge, still curious.

And then he/she opens the book.

Mission accomplished.

It's simple really. Choose something about the theme or the phrases or words, like I said and get going.

Good luck!

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