Monday, June 15, 2015

The Title Story Cupboard

Do you ever run across a title that sparks a story idea?  Today I ran across a literary magazine called "Rain, Party, & Disaster Society" and  ideas began to percolate.  An actual Society that meets once a month to plan disaster themed parties?  Perhaps the disaster is a crime at a party?  Perhaps a wedding in the middle of a tornado?  Perhaps an arson fire during a party and the rain help extinguish the flames?  Four little words and the way they're grouped created those ideas.  Okay, not all of them are great, but you can find ideas for a story everywhere from a title to a group of words.  You just have to open your imagination.

4 comments:

Charles Gramlich said...

a large majority of my short stories come with a title first.

sandra seamans said...

Mine not so much, Charles. I might start with a title but it usually gets changed by the end of a story. I've had the titles change three or four times during the course of writing a story and sometimes the title never seems to fit quite right.

Deborah Walker said...

The title often comes last for me. I'm a bit rubbish at titles

sandra seamans said...

Yes, a lot of people have trouble with titles, Deborah. You want something that will catch the reader's eye as well as giving them an idea of what the story is about.