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So you’re finally finished escritura it – the thing that has taken up all of your free time for the past two years (or more), the monkey on your back that wouldn’t let tu sleep, that had tu pulling out your pen and paper while on vacation with your family because The Idea came to you…
Well, you’re finished. tu want to print it out, slap on a title, and send it off.
Hold up, there partner! Pause, breathe, put the the manuscript down. Easy! There tu go….
What’s the big deal with a title?
Everything! It’s the first thing that a potential reader will see, the line that will either catch an editor’s attention o send it straight to the trash can. Just as your name represents you, the título of your book must be representative and catchy for your novel.
The good, the bad, and the ugly…    
There are three distinct groups of titles.
The first is the good: the ones that catch attention, make a reader pick the book up, scan the front, turn it over and read the back, and then on to the checkout stand. Examples: Empress, Boiling Point, Crown of Thorns, Slaughterhouse-Five, A Feast for Crows.
The bad: have a hit and miss chance of grabbing a reader, with good enough cover art and some fantastic frases from the New York Times o Publisher’s Weekly, they may be read. They probably won’t be the first book a reader picks up, but it’s possible. Examples: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, War of the Gods, Secrets of Droon: The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet, Maximum Ride: the ángel Experiment.
Then the ugly: get the response “how did this ever get onto this shelf?” “What was the editor/author thinking?” Examples: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, The Adventures of tiburón Boy and Lava Girl…
So how do tu name it?
Unfortunately, while there is a plethora of baby-name libros flooding the market and internet, there is no “novel-name book” for authors. So, tu must be creative. Which really shouldn’t be that hard – hell, tu wrote a book, didn’t you?
Coming up with the name of your novel should be a process started at the same time tu write the firs paragraph, and honestly, will and should go on until you’re done with your final edit. It’s not an easy task – parents may argue and pine over it for nine months – why should your naming process be any different?
Following are several tips to help tu come up witht the ideal name for your “baby.” These are merely brainstorming techniques to hopefully help something click in that creative cavity tu have sitting between your shoulders:
Make a list
1. the names of your main characters
2. the major places in your book
3. any special talismans/objects that play a specific/important role (ie. The Sword of Shanara)
4. creatures, animals, aliens, names
Your plot
1. what is the point of your book?
2. is there a journey? To where? For why?
3. are tu escritura about a deeper meaning?
4. can tu tie in your book with current events o popular topics? (ie the Davinci Code)
5. what are your characters trying to do?
google is your best friend
1. buscar for pictures of a theme, character, creature, place, etc. that tu feel represents your book. You’ll come across some cool (and weird) things, and may give tu direction.
2. see what others escritura about similar topics are using for titles. Make sure your título isn’t too close to another’s.
3. get some más backstory on an item, relic, place, o animal in your story. Again, think muse…
Have fun
1. play up on words and items in your book (ie One of our newest libros due out siguiente summer is “Of Quills and Kings,” in which the villan is a demonic and sadistic hedgehog that overthrows the crown…)
2. be witty. tu are trying to grab science fiction/fantasy/horror/etc fans, not collegiate professors that enjoy spending all of their waking hours with their pet rock. Uh…
3. be original. tu want to stand out, but don’t be too off-beat that tu scare people away.

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posted by Problematic129
Chapter 4
    The segundo day
    “The segundo día of school and already gossip flows like a waterfall,” Beth says, shaking her head.
    I nod as we walk through the front doors into the school entrance, it was in the parking lot where people pointed at us and horribly trying to whisper, though we can hear the words clearly. Of course about Ali’s luscious slap, to jerk and still is lovelies, Chad Holder, who according to Ali had some relationships problems.
    I smiled and waved at Grey, who was por our lockers,...
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Chapter Ten: I Always Lose At The Game of Chance

      "Who would be dumb enough to follow us?" demanded Courtney who was already forgetting that Darrell almost kidnapped us. "Don't they know who they are messing with." Courtney dicho it a bit playful but playful was not the kind of mood we were looking for.
      "You might be trained, but they are experienced and probably know 40 different ways to kill someone. It is best if we go hide out somewhere." Darrell kept his eyes on the road, those sky blue eyes.
      "You're right," I said. "But where are Charles and Raven? We can't just...
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posted by Problematic129
~Genre: Fiction, fantasy~
15
    Terry
    Lunchtime! Finally! It felt like ages before it came. Lunchtime has become a favorito! event for me lately, because now the gang and I can get to hang out together and just be ourselves.
    Marie wasn’t too happy about it when I told her the first time though, she glared at my friends almost every time, and she’s been trying to push Brooklyn over the edge. But she doesn’t ruin our lunch, she doesn’t even come close.
    I know I’m not the only one with friend troubles,...
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posted by Problematic129
~Genre:realistic fiction, humor~
Chapter 27
    It takes a miracle
    Wednesday’s, one of my favorito! days, because on the día I was first born, I was born on Wednesday. The funny thing was my parents wanted to name me Wednesday, but Adam and Melanie kept on howling and yelling, so my mom picked Pamela, so my middle name is Wednesday.
    Why the name Pamela?
    I’ll tell tu why, I’m a miracle baby, tu know how some baby’s don’t come out perfect and the hospital has to hold them, well that’s what happened....
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posted by Dhampires
She looked at me throw narrow eyes droping her hostage to the floor she took a step toward me. She'd started to mouth off at me but I wasn't paying attention the only thing I had my eyes on was the man behind her.

He slowly drew a gun from his chest pocket before angling it at Camila's head he smiled at me and mouthed 'thanks'. I couldn't speak, I was speechless.

It was her words that brought me to life as of where I could run. "Duck he's going to kill you?"
"What?!" she sheirked turning to her attacker. He held a tight grin on his face. "Sweet dreams Princess." I could hear a faint Itialian...
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posted by Problematic129
~Genre:realistic fiction, humor~
Chapter 26
    Here my roar!
    I couldn’t stop gushing over the fact that Ryler kissed me! He kissed me! Best día ever! And I just couldn’t wait for our date, and Ryler wouldn’t be telling me anything, but it was pretty clear Adam knew. He’d always give me this secret smile, and wink.
    I wonder if I was obvious with my crush with Ryler, o if Ryler told Adam from the beginning, o just told him. All in all, I’m relieved there’s no ‘touch my sister and die’, everything seems normal....
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posted by Problematic129
~Genre:realistic fiction, humor~
Chapter 24
    Maternal instinct
    “Oh! My lovely baby’s growing up!” My mom squeals while I hold a groan.
    “Mom please!” I whine. “Were here for shopping not gushing.”
    Mom rolled her eyes. “It’s clothes shopping, stupid. Gushing is mandatory. And tu in that dress! Oh the tears!”
    I smile as she clutches herself dramatically. “Whatever.”
    After that little get together, which wasn’t that bad when I look back...
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I stared in horror at what was in Blake’s computer I didn’t see this coming. What have I done? I felt like I was going to throw up. I can’t believe what I just gave him I am so stupid! I sighed me beating myself up is not going to change anything. All I can do now is find my brother find out what is going on and stop Blake before it is to late. What are tu waiting for it is time to come up with a plan to escape this nut house.

I took a flash drive and copied everything on Blake’s computer. I made sure there was no tracking device on the laptop double-checking found it clean than I packed...
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As we walked down a long never-ending hallway. I decided I wanted answers. So where are we going I asked Blake? Do tu want to stay in that white room? No I replied. We came to a stop. And he handed me a key. Then here we are this is where tu will be staying. Go ahead do the honors.
I put the key in the lock and twisted it. Grabbed the handle and opened the door. I am not going to lie the room was beyond cool. First off it was huge like two apartments big. And there was a king-sized bed, a walk in closest full of clothes and a cocina filled with snacks. But what I found odd was half of it...
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posted by Problematic129
~Genre:realistic fiction, humor~
Chapter 23
    The little get together interrupted part 2
    Beth squirms uncomfortably in her asiento while Cal tells her about this weird amazing adventure he went on, Grey looks about ready to rip Cal in half and jump off a cliff at the same time with Talia getting in his personal bubble. Ryler helps calm me down por sitting siguiente to me on the sofá and talking about nothing, yet everything in particular. And Adam tries to bring back the lively mood getting another boarding game out and starting it.
    I...
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After the war was finally finished, three years, seven months and twenty weeks, people waited at the hospital. Hoping, praying for their loved ones to be found. Kyle Goodman's Foster Dad; Angus, his two sisters; Tiffany and Mariah, brother James and girlfriend, Summer Thorn waited. Their friend, Katherine Dreamwhisper. They called her Katie for short, had finished her shift, working as the nurse and went to registrarse them. "They'll find him" she said. Nobody spoke, they just sat there. Three hours past and it was getting cold, the night air was coming and the warmth from the sun disappeared. Katie...
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posted by Problematic129
~Genre:realistic fiction, humor~     
Chapter 21
    Just a lovely game
    I wasn’t even worried about our run in with Talia, in fact, I almost forgot about it. The rest of the día was spent on purely fun and I found myself humming as I unlocked the front door to my house. It was eerily quiet but I just shrugged, entering the house I found Ryler sprawled on the sofá again eyes opened blankly.
    “Are tu dead?” I asked. “Because if tu are it’ll be a pain to mover your body.”
    He...
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posted by Problematic129
~Genre:realistic fiction, humor~
Chapter 20    
    When a psycho is near, chaos occurs
    Guess what? I was right! Adam’s team did lose, victory for Pam! tu could hear his sad frustrating voice on the other end as I was hanging out with my gal’s and surprisingly Grey. He just invited himself but I’m not complaining.
    “That movie was awesome!” Sage announced as we exited the movie theater.
    “Of course it was, I paid good money for it.” Grey replied.
    I...
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A/N: I amor amor loved the feedback I got for Part One! Not to mention the prompts :) I amor tu guys and I hope tu enjoy this one! más feedback equals faster posts. Happy lectura :)
ALSO: If you're new here, here's part one: link Anyways, enjoy!


The Stranger's Musings: A Collection of Drabbles (Part Two)

Prompt 1: Darkness (requested por SweetHoneyBunny)

The darkness suffocates me.

I can’t see, I can’t breathe. My hands claw at nothingness as I
attempt to find a way out.

My breathing escalates. It feels as though my lungs are constricting.
Cold sweat breaks on my forehead and I find...
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posted by 1999jacko
fantasy
1 week later
Walter stood in the room where he had first used his wand, fighting off creatures coming out of Libras wand. Suddenly Will dropped his wand and looked at the monsters and oddly they all turned and started to attack Libra, "sorry Libra I can't use that power properly," Walter dicho and with a tendril shooting out of his wand and destroying all the monsters and quickly jolting back to his wand. " Walter don't worry your almost there you'll just have to be put under some re-,"Libra stopped mid sentence with a thoughtful look before continuing," go against me I will try my hardest...
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posted by flabaloobalah
 Sadie and Claire's Ride
Sadie and Claire's Ride
I was so nervous as to what we would be doing out in the woods in the middle of the night. I couldn't tell Claire, I decided. That would only scare us more. So I laid out the outfit they instructed I wear and took a ducha, ducha de in the bathroom. The water was, at first, very cold, but I figured out how to work the nozzle and turn the freezing water into comfortable, steamy hot water. I made as many bubbles as I could and tried to distract myself, but I just couldn't. Sadie, I told myself, stop overthinking this. You'll be alright. We're just gonna play a game out there at night. I slicked my clean...
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This is reality
This is what tu call the Earth
This is what people call the world
This is what we call life

We can't go on pretending día por day
That good things will always happen
Stormy days will come, it's not a miracle
But the storm will end soon, and all will be clear again

Heavy rain's crashing against my windowsill
I think, when will this ever stop?
The thunder's crashing against the trees outside
Today's not going to be a fine day, but it will end

I woke up this morning and guess what I saw
Bright sunny mornings with a clear future
No one's gonna stop me from believin
The rain stopped and the future's bright again

Good and bad create our lives
We can't pretend that everything's gonna always be alright
It's hard to think that something's gonna be wrong
But it's the truth, the whole truth.

We can't go on día por día pretending
Everything's gonna be alright
But we know that sunny days will come out
Soon o later.
posted by flabaloobalah
Genre: Realistic Fiction, Drama/Romance

I like Blake. He seemed to enjoy having company with our six cousins, and they all looked excited to do whatever they were going to do tonight. That reminded me: what exactly were we doing? I had no idea. I decided to just forget about it and enjoy the rest of the day. We all ran out back and explored th backyard. Past the shed were woods like the ones we traversed to get to Blake's. I guess they were all around us. Dark and inviting and creepy.
We had a few hours to run around outside, then we were called in for supper. Jeb stood por the creaky back door...
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posted by alicia386
Interview with Simone Rivers

Me: How do tu feel about the book The Deadly Truth? Was everything in it accurate?

Simone: I guess the book was okay. It didn't give a good descripción of my beauty. The autor didn't describe how brilliant my hair looks in the light o how my eyes shimmer when I smile. The autor didn't even mention my glamourous white teeth. [shakes head disapprovingly].

Me: [ignores vain comment]. Can tu tell the viewers out there about your relationship with the pastor?

Simone: [smiles lovingly]. Of course! I just want to smash all of those comentarios about him dating Faye. He would...
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posted by rory2011
some people think if tu did something good to someone ,one día the person will takes your hand from your problems hole ,but that won't happen this time, that low is only in the fantasía stories ,not in the real life , Kat was very stupid to believe that she would reward for what she did and realize she must stop being that nice girl who does everything people tell her and she can't say no to anyone

David start taking his medication ,he stood in the hospital cause Mac wanted to fix that old house and give it his soul again
Kat is very busy with her work ,but everything happening taking all...
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