Bruh. I'm so dead.
So, typically I'm not one to really make a big deal about things other than grammar and plot because it's fickle business to mess around with peoples creativity. However, for some reason where Wattpad is concerned, creativity with titles be flying out the window on here.
I'ma be completely real with ya'll because there ain't no need for me to be on a high horse: I'm really feelin' salty right now lmao.
Why is it that people with titles like (and I just made these all up on the spot, hopefully), The Bad Boy's Really My Father and I'm Not His Daughter?! or There's Been a Car Crash and I'm Actually an Angel?! have like 20-billion gazillion reads on here? I must be really trippin' like, daaaaang. And it's really difficult for me to write this without being offensive but eff it. This is my book. To hell with it. I have a bone to pick with these types of titles.
A.) These titles, on the real, be one line summaries. Long titles don't really bother me if they're cute and still hold an air of crypticness to them. For me, titles are something that symbolize what the story is about without spilling all dang 15 beans. The Bad Boy's Really My Father and I'm Not His Daughter?!, well shucks, I don't need to read it anymore! Thanks for giving me the story in a nutshell!
- Like I really wonder if it's so hard to at the bare minimum, if you must, name the dang story after the main character. Think about things like the setting and major events that really affect the plot line. That's an easy way to come up with a not entirely obvious title. These long summary titles happen when people try too hard to be creative without actually taking any real symbolism into account.
B.) Seriously, eight times out of ten, these titles are always asking someone a question. Sometimes I'm like, "Okay the character's in a state of confusion and their exclamation of such has been declared the book's title." But other times, in the face of titles like: There's a Bug Somewhere in London?! I'm like, "Well heck I don't know! I think there's a bug somewhere in London! But I could be wrong... I'm the reader, you tell me!"
Anyway, I'm just so peeved at these types of titles guys. It's like they don't even try yet they get like 20x as much reads as other authors. But hey, maybe I'm just feeling salty like I said.
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