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| bionic4ever | May 7 2009, 08:41 AM Post #1 |
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This new one is tough to title! Don't want to give the chapter 5 twist away in the title, but a hearts-and-flowers title doesn't seem to fit either. Some suggestions I've gotten so far: Worst Case Scenario Love Blossoms Love Blooms Anywhere Turn the Page Opinions? Suggestions?
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| bionic4ever | May 8 2009, 08:22 AM Post #2 |
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Got it! While chapter 7 was taking shape, the title presented itself. Yay! |
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| messyhead | Oct 30 2009, 09:14 PM Post #3 |
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What do you cats think is better - "The Questionable Art of Lying" or "The Dubious Art of Lying"? I'm favoring the latter, but I thought I'd check with you all.... |
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| OJFan | Oct 30 2009, 09:21 PM Post #4 |
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Hmmm...good question. Do you want to imply it's questionable/doubtful whether its a good idea to lie (and presuming it IS an art) - or whether or not there is an art TO lying? (questionable would ponder the question and doubtful has already pondered it and is thinking it isn't a good idea - at least that's how I see it). |
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| messyhead | Oct 30 2009, 09:27 PM Post #5 |
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Not doubtful - dubious. |
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| messyhead | Oct 30 2009, 09:56 PM Post #6 |
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Both are suggesting that if lying is an art, it's not a nice art - that should be celebrated or mastered...but does dubious sound better than questionable? Or vice versa? Or am I splitting hairs? dubious - shady, untrustworthy, suspect questionable - irregular, odd, strange, murky, unsavory. You know, I think they're synonyms. |
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| Lola | Oct 31 2009, 02:45 AM Post #7 |
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I liked your title when I first read it so I'd say keep 'questionable'. You're right. They do seem to be synonyms. It's very hard to define much difference in meaning at all. I like the British 'dodgy' which seems to work well for most things although not for a title! |
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| messyhead | Oct 31 2009, 08:35 AM Post #8 |
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Dodgy is a great word, isn't it? Makes me think of some shifty eyed character deking around innocent souls while reaching into their pockets for their wallets. Thanks for the input Lola! |
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| bionic4ever | Oct 31 2009, 09:33 AM Post #9 |
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I like your title the way it is.
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| melchycat | Oct 31 2009, 10:28 AM Post #10 |
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From picking up what I can on this conversation, I would go with dubious. And yeah dodgy is a great word. Sums up things nicely. |
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| melchycat | Oct 31 2009, 10:30 AM Post #11 |
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Speaking of titles. I HATE coming up with them. It's darn hard to figure out. Except for a few titles that I have in my mind that need a story to go with them. How do you all decide titles? |
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| bionic4ever | Oct 31 2009, 10:44 AM Post #12 |
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Sometimes a great title pops into my head and the story blossoms out of that. Other times, the story may go 5, 6 or more chapters before it lets me know what its title is! |
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| messyhead | Oct 31 2009, 11:19 AM Post #13 |
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You're very good at titles B4E. I can't really say what I think the process is. I had a hard time with this one...I knew I wanted it to be something about lying, but I couldn't get to something I liked. At first I thought of calling it "Dissembling" but that seemed completely lame - and too obscure. So I just kept mulling it over (for weeks, actually) until I came up with this. It sure isn't genius, but it's satisfactory. I like it when a title refers to a central theme, but only obliquely. I do so admire a great title. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Long Day's Journey Into Night...there are so many others and I can't think of them! |
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| OJFan | Oct 31 2009, 01:23 PM Post #14 |
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I don't always think of questionable as being sort of shady - like "it's questionable whether or not it might rain." I knew it was dubious - I just think of that as doubtful - with a "shady" connotation. |
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| messyhead | Oct 31 2009, 01:56 PM Post #15 |
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Questionable can be shady - "a questionable practice" a "questionable reputation". Perhaps you're right though...maybe dubious has a darker connotation. |
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