NaNoWriMo Title Thoughts -- [NO POLL]

Cloud Mountain · Post by **Cloud Mountain** » November 24th, 2006, 1:17 am

Rather than construct a disagreeable poll
to vote on an arbitrary selection of potential
titles for our work-in-progress "The Mystery"
(The Mystery), I'd might be fun to hash it
out in real words.

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » November 24th, 2006, 12:05 pm

Trapped in the Mind Maze

.... this from an occasional reader of the Mystery threads.

Peter

Cloud Mountain · Post by **Cloud Mountain** » November 24th, 2006, 2:29 pm

Peter Why wrote:Trapped in the Mind Maze

.... this from an occasional reader of the Mystery threads.

Peter

Occasional reader! Impossible!
You're now the family's manservant.

EDIT{/b]: Sorry, that's been changed! You doing that has been deemed impossible.

msirois · Post by **msirois** » November 25th, 2006, 8:21 am

Personally, I like it as just The Mystery.

or, how about something Proustian . . . wait for it,

"Rememberance of Times Passed Out".

Michael

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » November 25th, 2006, 12:24 pm

Although I have thought we could improve on 'The Mystery', I've failed to come with anything other than stupid ideas, like 'T is for Danger' or 'What Trevor and Tracey Did'.

So my vote is still with The Mystery.

Cloud Mountain · Post by **Cloud Mountain** » November 25th, 2006, 12:45 pm

msirois wrote:Personally, I like it as just The Mystery.

or, how about something Proustian . . . wait for it,

"Rememberance of Times Passed Out".

Michael

That IS funny.

Cloud Mountain · Post by **Cloud Mountain** » November 25th, 2006, 12:46 pm

earthcalling wrote:Although I have thought we could improve on 'The Mystery', I've failed to come with anything other than stupid ideas, like 'T is for Danger' or 'What Trevor and Tracey Did'.

So my vote is still with The Mystery.

Why don't you wait until you complete your chapter. Maybe you'll come up with something like:

It Didn't Happen In London After All
.

Cloud Mountain · Post by **Cloud Mountain** » November 25th, 2006, 6:11 pm

,
Please keep in mind the purpose of a title. Remember also that no one will know anything about this story before they listen to it. (These might also help us to uncover how this will end...)

A few suggestions:

The Two-Sided Mystery

Two Sides of a Mystery

The Chinchilla Mystery

The Mystery of the Non-Existent Chinchilla

The Mystery of the Thousand Year Old Chinchilla

The Mystery of the Chinchilla and the Two Falcons

The Chinchilla and the Five Blind Yogis

The Mystery of How Five Blind Yogis found the Chinchilla

The Mystery of Rebbecca's Lost Shoe

The Mystery of the Last Elder's Chinchilla

The Mystery of the Chinchilla's Lost Investment

and so on...

Want more?

shortcircuit · Post by **shortcircuit** » November 25th, 2006, 6:42 pm

Cloud Mountain wrote: The Mystery of Rebbecca's Lost Shoe

Rebecca lost a shoe? Hm. Here are some things that just popped into my head (like daisies!):

Hidden Truths
Martians and Manuscripts
A Tale of Two Siblings (and many cities)
Between the Lines
...
Though I do like "Remembrance of Times Passed Out."

ceastman · Post by **ceastman** » November 26th, 2006, 6:40 pm

Oh, I like Between the Lines!

-Catharine

msirois · Post by **msirois** » November 28th, 2006, 6:44 am

How about these?

T

Do No Harm

TetoYasha · Post by **TetoYasha** » December 1st, 2006, 2:35 am

Personally, I like it as 'The Mystery.' It has a somber finality to it and seems appropriate to a group project.

The title reminds me of those photo projects where thousands of faces are layered to create 'The Face.'

Think the The Beatles, 'White Album,' not Spinal Tap's 'Black Album.'

Or we could have one of those really insufferable asterisk titles that are all the rage:

THE MYSTERY
*Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Trust My Inner Chinchilla

Cloud Mountain · Post by **Cloud Mountain** » December 1st, 2006, 12:19 pm

TetoYasha wrote:Personally, I like it as 'The Mystery.' It has a somber finality to it and seems appropriate to a group project.

The title reminds me of those photo projects where thousands of faces are layered to create 'The Face.'

Think the The Beatles, 'White Album,' not Spinal Tap's 'Black Album.'

Or we could have one of those really insufferable asterisk titles that are all the rage:

THE MYSTERY
*Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Trust My Inner Chinchilla

The White Album Mystery

The Cylindrical Mystery

The Mystery of the Chinchilla's Cylinder

a.r.dobbs · Post by **a.r.dobbs** » December 1st, 2006, 1:20 pm

The Mystery -- a LibriVox Novel

Mystery in the Public Domain -- a LibriVox Intrigue

T is for Danger, L is for LibriVox

Have the classes offered any suggestions??

msirois · Post by **msirois** » December 1st, 2006, 1:30 pm

a.r.dobbs wrote:
T is for Danger, L is for LibriVox

Oooh. I like that one.