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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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Chapter 10
    Crazily obsessed
    “No school! NO SCHOOL! We just watched the falling of Meredith and that’s all tu have to say?!”
    “I’m so confused!” I yell. “What just happened?”
    Sage looked at me. “You saw the video!”
    “I had my eyes closed, what happened?” I answer.
    “Let’s replay it-”
    “NO, just tell me!” I whine.
    Scotty shrugs. “I’m not really sure, first tu hear a scream in...
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posted by Problematic129
    Chapter 7
    The three letter word
    “I never really liked gym,” I say, in attempt to make conversation.
    Grey grunted as he continued attacking his poor food, Ali glanced at me, uninterested, and Talia looked ready to jump off a bridge.
    Oh lunch, how they were ruining it for me.
    “Come on guys,” I say frustrated. “Gym is over, we won’t see it until the día after, and anyways, it’s not like those buttheads can just come and play with us, we can leave.”...
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posted by alicia386
August 18

      Bright and early Saturday morning. No one other then Chloe is away at this time. What else would she be doing? She had things to contemplate. It was barely close to the end of August and already something huge has happened. What could she do about it? Should she confront him o leave an awkward memory between them. Afterwards he did apologize but still. It was startling.
      Friday evening he knocked on her door. It was the segundo time Eric had visited since she first moved. He seemed frustrated and confused. When she opened the door, he lunged at her. Not in attack mode...
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Thank tu the people lectura my work, it is encouraging to have tu read + comment. ;)


CHAPTER 5



    The Story of Zerokenum:

"Zeus tu can't do this. I'm supposed to be king and ruler of the stars and solar system; tu can't just take that away from me!"
"Zerokenum we see dark in your heart, tu have been practicing forbidden black magic and human alchemy. Someone who is ruler of our galaxies should be trustworthy and pure. As of now I will run all the skies and tu are to be banished to earth as an esse mortal." Zeus I hope tu take great care of yourself because I’ll be...
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~Genre:realistic fiction, humor~
Chapter 31
        Close to perfect: A few months later
    Adam wrinkled his nose as Ryler grabbed for my hand once we seated. “Can tu guys stop with the lovey dovey, it’s gross to see my best friend and roommate romancing my sister.”
    I stuck my tongue out at him. “Like your not romancing Sage up in front of me.”
    Adam’s cheeks pinkened a little, and I smiled victoriously. Yes, my dear readers, Adam and Sage are a couple, yeah, surprised me too....
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After lectura the scrolls I was dying to get to Jackson's chambers. I needed answers. I needed más than just foolish papers of riddles, riddles I didn't understand! Bursting through his doors I found noone. No guards, no watch dogs, no Jackson. I let out a cry of angry and stormied off to the only place I know he would be just to hide from me. "The UnderGrounds."


I quickly found the entrance and snuck in. The only problem was how in world would I find Jackson's celler? With so much rage and the preguntas that still lingered in my mind it was hard for me to consintrate. I first had to get...
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posted by psychmacgyver
The música blared loudly, and I could still hear it with my hands covering my ears. The other high school students skipped and ran through the dark woods at midnight on their way to a deserted log cabina in the middle of nowhere. I rolled my eyes (like all high schoolers do,) at the others, drunk and incoherent.
I could barely see two feet in front of me, when I banged into a firm wooden door. I stumbled backwards as I cursed under my breath and rubbed my forehead. I then succeeded in opening the door and getting in the cabin. It was warm and cozy, with no party energy whatsoever...yet. I regretted...
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This song that I wrote is dedicated to the Hunger Games.
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I can't believe it
We were just in battle fighting for our lives
It was a wicked world, crazy and psycho
But I guess we came out alive and that's all that matters

It was a cold night
We were keeping our eyes open
For a sign of any fallen warrior
Our eyelids were dropping, but we stayed awake through it all

It was a crazy world out there
Wanting teenagers to fight each other to their death
It was a cruel world, and I liked it no más than tu did
But we managed to survive the peril...
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I peaked though the crack and saw nothing but blackness. Carefully I lifted the led and managed to slide it sideways I stood up. I swung my legs over the edge and hopped down. Ok Alex now all I have to do is find out where I am sneak out without the nut job that kid napped me knowing. I started to walk off when I thought about the create. When they see it open they will know I escaped. I quickly ran back and slide the led shut. Hopefully they won’t notice me gone and I will have más time. With the led perfectly back on the way it was. I started to walk away again when I heard voices. Are...
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posted by Annabeth788594
A time comes along when tu pregunta
- Your actions
OR
- Choices

A time comes along when tu lose

- Faith
OR
- An loved one

A time comes along when tu feel

- Betrayed
OR
- loved

A time comes along when tu have to face

-The Truth
OR
- The lies tu made

A time comes along when tu make

- A difference
OR
- stand up for what's right

A time comes when tu must

-Act
o
-Be herd

A time comes along when tu realize

- how much tu have
OR
-how lucky tu are

These are some of the ups and downs of life
LIFE MAY CHANGE BUT LIFE DOESN'T FADE.
posted by malmcd
HATRED

I am one of the Seven Deadly Sins,
And tu know what I am capable of.
For I am a human instinct,
And yet a daemon from the Pit,
And tu must beware of me,
For I can kill tu in the end.

I am the reason
You hold a grudge against your friend,
For I am the reason tu cannot forgive him,
And I am also the reason why tu murdered
The man who wronged tu in plain sight.

I am the reason
That Jacob and Esau fought so
Badly and yet held a grudge.
I am also the reason why Cain and Abel
Did not get along,
And why Cain murdered Abel,
His own brother.

I am the reason why the Israelites
Made the Golden Calf
While Moses...
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posted by 1999jacko
Fantasy

Walter Duncan sat down on his giant blue beanbag, his newest book 'The Black Wizard' tightly clutched in his hand. As soon as he sat he opened the book and started to read, that is until one small hand appeared through the page and tightened around his neck," MUM HELP MEEEEEE!" he managed to shout out before he was pulled into the page.

He suddenly dropped through the other end of the page into a large, velvet lined room with 1 door and a small man in the center. With a very dull and bored voice he said," welcome to the entrance between worlds." Strangely after he dicho this his head spun...
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posted by Problematic129
*Part 2!!!!!!!!!!!In the Inspired series. Should there be part 3? And if so what? Anyways it's the same like the other ones, I don't own theses awesome pictures. But instead of making tu smile these ones are truly inspiring, and I hope I didn't do a redo, and if i did please point it out.
Also thanks for fanning and commenting on my other one. Really appreciated :)
The time for lazing around is over, life isn't easy, nor is it slow. It comes and it goes and your just trying hanging on. But now it's time to break off those chains and live how tu always were supposed to.
Get ready guys, it's time to live.
I don't own these pic's. Enjoy!!!!!!
 Very moving
Very moving
posted by Problematic129
*Genre: Fiction, humor, romance, :)*
Chapter 13
    The día after
    The siguiente few hours were very painful, but we made it through it. Adam’s buddies appeared but never visited, which I am highly grateful for because Meredith and Talia are a handful already.
    So the siguiente day, I wake up early with a headache that feels like my brain was taken out and is being prodded and I can still feel it. I sigh as I rub my eyes and take my lovely time to go downstairs. I had forgotten about the guys from the drama during yesterday’s sleepover...
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posted by Insight357
Jet Avate sauntered into his apartment, his fingers cramping, and his eyes feeling glazed over. The sweet smell of fuel had buried itself into his nose and didn’t appear to be leaving any time soon. He went into the bathroom and looked himself over.

    “Another first place,” he murmured as he ran his hands through his dark hair, his dark blue eyes sparkling. “Another one-hundred grand.” Jet grinned. “And another guy who doesn’t know if they want to brutally murder me o worship me.”

    Jet had a reputation as the best calle racer of...
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posted by dragonsmemory
The following poem was composed in spring 2011. It was originally publicado winter 2012 in the dragones club here on Fanpop.


NIGHTFIRE

Winge beating,
Lungs heaving,
Black shadow
Torn from the sky.

Eyes glancing,
Alert and fierce.
fuego dancing.

Wheeling,
Circling,
Nightmare
Incarnate.

fuego dark as night,
Scales bright as gems.
Gleaming eyes,
Searching for a feast.

Wings furled.
Claws extended.
Dives down.
Death claims
Another victim.
Glides up.
Feasting begins.

The dragon flies off.
It is gone,
And the
Nightmare
Is done.
posted by Problematic129
*Thanks for all the fans and comentarios :) Please read and review and please don't copy*
Chapter 16
        Remembering is hard for the soul
    As soon as my parents heard the news, they came storming through the hospital and taking me out of there despite my doctors best wishes. I smiled at him and gave him a thumbs up to mostrar him I was okay, and he did the phone symbol and mouthed call me. I was glad he stayed por my side after that horrible ordeal, he and Cadence stayed por side me throughout the night.
    I was spooked...
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posted by Problematic129
*I am still debating on whether I should make this a story o a short story, right now this is a short story, but if tu want it to be a full fledged story please comentario so. Please don't copy and please read and review*
My name is Pamela Jones, but call me Pamela and meet my fist. Everyone calls me Pam, everyone, they know not to cruzar, cruz me o anger me ever.
    Well it’s not that I’m evil o hot, it’s that I have a major anger issue. When I get angry, someone usually gets punched. My anger issue is what got me suspended for a week, I nearly knocked this kid out. After...
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Chapter Eight

      "Can tu remember anything from your past life?" interrogated Dakota. Just yesterday she was invited to Hazel's death día party. She wanted to throw a party to remember the life of Abigail and Gwendolyn Dalton. Dakota and Connor both knew that it was a setup for them but they had to to. 
      "I wish I could. As the days go por I forget más and more. I even forgot how I died." Abigail's ghost looked up a Dakota. tu could feel the sorrow leaking out of it. "I wish I could be of más assistance but I just don't remember a thing. I am surprised that we are still linked...
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posted by hgfan5602
tu can't change me
I'm so being myself
I am not anyone else
Besides me

I'm standing here
Look how much I've changed
I'm so stubborn
Never being someone else

Look at the sky
Look how the world has changed
Look how the people chatter about
Can't change me

Everyone's changed
Everything but me has changed
And the world still rotates everyday
No one's gonna make me

I'm a rockstar
I'm so powerful
I'm staying myself
No one's gonna replace me

The world has changed
But I'm not going to change
I'm just as great as I am
Right now