Writer's Fallout Shelter

The title is always the last thing I worry about when writing. I've found that by the time I've written "The End" something will have come up that feels 'right'. Sometimes it comes when you're beginning and sometimes nothing feels quite right while you're writing but almost always the right title will come alone during the process. If it hasn't by the time you're ready to submit the book/story/poem then it's time to brainstorm. But, by then you're so familiar with your characters and your story that you have a lot of great ideas and one will usually stand out amongst them.

Give it a working title for now, even if it's something silly like, "My SciFi/Fan Novel" or "Book 1". That gives you something to call it. Odds are the name you give it in the beginning won't be the one they print on the mock ups at the end. Some editors will even want to change the title and some readers/reviewers might pick on it too. Relax, don't marry yourself to the title, and just let the right one find you. Meanwhile, write the book because if it's never finished it doesn't need a title.

Have fun and keep writing,
Yours truly,
Rebecca Laffar-Smith