What's In A Title? — Blue Ink Alchemy
Arrow of Fate
Ash's instructor gets arrow'd which dooms the field trip. Now, this was what I originally called it back when this was a short story instead of a novel, and Ash was a chick with a different name. However, it has a few problems. Ash isn't an archer so the title isn't about him, arrows don't play a huge role in the overall story, and the title in general feels kind of Harlequinesque. So I'm inclined to scrap that one.Beyond the Wall
Since 80-90% of the story will be happening, well, beyond the wall, this one makes more sense. There's something about it that bugs me, though. I can't quite put my finger on what it is. Maybe it just feels too much like other fantasy novel titles. Maybe I want to avoid the whole "blank the blank" formula of title creation. Maybe it said something nasty about my mom. I don't know.Asherian's Journal
Ash happens across a book a classmate of his had just bought which is blank, and he starts keeping track of his adventures in it. It's something of a device to help us get a view of things from his perspective between chapters, but it's not a very big part of the story. Mrs. Alchemist also pointed out that it "tells [the reader] nothing." What am I missing, here? Why can't I pick a title? Which title do you think I should pick? Let's make some alchemy happen, folks. Bring your disparate elements into the mix and let's see if we can't transmute some of these random ideas into the handle for the next bigass fantasy epic of all time. Or at least a little yarn about magic, dragons and interesting people that doesn't suck.Blue Ink Alchemy
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