I need to start with a good title in order to start a book, and titles are the hardest part for me. I am writing a story about a girl named Ivy who lives with her mother and sister in a small beach town on the East Coast. She loves the ocean and is an incredible painter, but is working a dead end job and taking care of a sick mother. Ultimately, it is about the struggle of following dreams and real life getting in the way and what do we really want from life and what are our dreams worth? The ocean is going to be a metatphor in the book, it represents the unknown and what lies beyond Ivy's smalltown life. I have thought about trying to use a Dickinson quote like "To Divide the Ocean." I have also thought of using a title with the words: sea, tides, riptides, driftwood, ocean, waves, currents. I just want the title to reference the ocean and I want it to be good, like "The Sun Also Rises" or "Tender is the Night" or "Catch-22." I need a great title. Any ideas?
2006-12-21
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