I need to come up with a SERIOUS title for a book I'm writing.?

Question

Okay, the book takes place in a post-apocalyptic present-day; a fatal virus called D18 has wiped out virtually everyone over the age of 18 off the face of the earth, and the kids have to survive on their own; the plot focuses on a group of kids that are taking refuge in a closed-campus high school and are creating their own community to survive.

Any ideas for a SERIOUS title that I could use?

the first two chapters are posted at www.freewebs.com/cityinthedust

Answer 1

Hey!

Number one, I've read a similar story, in fact, it was a trilogy, and it was incredibly good. Only difference is, in the trilogy, the post-apocalyptic world has a virus that killed everyone but those who had not hit puberty, or had gone over the child-bearing age. Well, that and a few people who knew when the virus would be released and hid themselves away.

ANYWAY, if you want some serious titles for your story (although a little HUMOR never hurt anyone, in fact, it sells, but whatever), I suppose I have a few suggestions...

'Building Lives'

'Making It Work'

'United We Stand'

'Survivalists'

'A World Without Adults'

'Where To From Here?'

Well, I hope you find those titles, at the very least, inspirational. And, I hope you find exactly what you're looking for in your search for the perfect title for you and your story.

Luv ya,
Tashi :)

Answer 2

Don't stress over a title now. Write. When the title is ready, it will come to you. I would never let total strangers in a forum name one of my books. Also, don't fall in love with a title. When and if you sell the book, under a standard author's contract the publisher has the right to change the title without your consent. Unless you are somebody like James Patterson, you will have no say whatsoever. Most of the major publishers like short one or two word titles. It looks better when you get to paperback stages. Little Brown is a big one for two word titles. I know of a very major author who had a huge fight with Brown Little over a 5 word title. He won. It opened at #1 on the NY Times Bestseller list. Little Brown didn't complain too much. My late Uncle who wrote very well known military fiction used a 8 word title for one of his books. When it came out in paperback, it was reduced to 2.

Yours sounds a lot like the TV show Kid Nation. When are they gonna hang somebody on that show???
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They're, Their, There - Three Different Words.

Careful or you may wind up in my next novel.

Pax - C

Answer 3

i read a book in middle school titled the Girl Who Owned a City. it is about a virus killing all peope over the age of 12 or so. thay form gangs and have to fight for survival. they take refuge in a high school. i thought you might like to know this so you can make sure your book is not too similar. as for a title for your book, i think you will have better luck choosing the right one when the book is complete. it will be easier to pick a title that better fits your plot.

Answer 4

well, it sounds like a mish mash of lord of the flies and the stand, Some good titles could be maybe Sunday, (Based off the Morrissey song Every day is like Sunday), or perhaps D18 or something along those lines, now I believe personally that you should come up with the title yourself, and that it should be what you think it should be named, for me it shows up about halfway, some important theme or motif that comes up throughout the book.
Good Luck

Answer 5

hmm sounds a lot like a book series i read a long time ago called the Fire-us series, the first book was called The Kindling...it had pretty much the same concept where a virus kills everyone in the world except those that have gone through puberty, you might want to read them

Answer 6

What about "The Forsaken" after the Wordsworth poem
http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww262.html

Without having read your book, it would be extremely difficult to come up with a good title.

Many great authors will use a significant phrase, image, or symbol in the novel to title their work.

ex: "Things Fall Apart" said by the main character about the downfall of his culture

"The Merchant of Venice" after one of the main characters whose own flesh is a catalyst to the action in the play.

"Raisin in the Sun" symbol taken from Langston Hughes' famous poem "A Dream Deferred." It best elicits the sense of hopelessness and loss experienced by the characters in the play.

Answer 7

How about D18: Generation X?

Answer 8

How about just simply

-D18?

-Survive at all costs?

-Wipe out

lol Okay so I dont really know

oh well keep trying !

Answer 9

You will have to wait and clam down a bit. You could even finish writing your book and then based on the book think of a title.

Answer 10

Without knowing more about the themes of the story or anything deep about it, I can't come up with anything "serious" for a title.