Writing Insights: How does a writer come up with book titles?

Posted by Doris Booth | Mar 1, 2023 | Writing Insights | 0 |

A book title should evoke the feeling of a place, time, or human condition. Here is one thing you can do to get your thoughts going.

Study titles on The New York Times bestseller lists, and you may get some inspiration for your title.

Notice these current bestsellers as examples:

-Out of Texas

-A Place Called Freedom

-Wild

-The First Wife

-The Things We Cannot Say

Notice how each of these titles includes the elements I mention.

You can gain inspiration from successful authors to come up with a title that is uniquely your own.

Discover the adventure in you! Unleash Your Creativity and Embark on a Journey of Imagination Authorlink® has more than 6,000 articles to help hone your writing skills and spark your creative imagination.

About The Columnist

Doris Booth

Doris Booth is founder and president of Authorlink®, the news and information magazine for editors, agents, writers, and readers, ranked among top websites for writers. The company’s separate literary agency represents some bestselling authors, both domestically and abroad. Doris has sold projects to St. Martin’s Press, Simon & Schuster, Sterling Publishing (Barnes and Noble), Berkley Books/Penguin, Farrar Straus Giroux and other dominant houses. She has also been involved in rights negotiations for two hit Netflix docuseries, as well as with other production studios. The agency is not accepting new authors at this time, but writers are encouraged to use Authorlink® as a comprehensive resource.