Title

by Victoria Whithear
11th July 2012

I'm changing the title of my first book... again, and I wondered if anyone else is having this problem. I have a series and I'm not trying to make the titles match exactly, but this one I'm changing stuck out like a sore thumb as so different to the others that it just had to go. Trouble is, I have no idea what to replace it with. Do you use working titles? Do you stick to the original title or do you change it as you go?

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What is your novel about? If it is a series who is the main character? Thei name should be in the title.

A few Dickens examples.

David Copperfield was about David Copperfield.

Oliver Twist is about Oliver Twist.

Edwin Drood is about Edwin Drood.

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I had a non fiction book published and really liked the title I'd given it but the publisher wanted it changing so I had to change it but was disappointed athaving to do so. My story poems always have one word titles except one and I had to use a hyphen so I felt comfortable with it still feeling like it was one word. I have to say, any fiction I've written (although none published) I always keep the same title that I start with (so far anyway) but I've never written a series

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