Titles that Stick: How to Engage Editors and Readers from the Start
ABOUT THE EVENT ✏︎
As writers, we know titles are important. Titles are often the first contact a reader will have with our work. A great title can set the tone for a piece, establish its central conflict, introduce characters or name climactic events.
A great title can also get a piece noticed more quickly in the submissions queue or in a table of contents. Yet so many writers struggle with titles! In this session we will talk about the many different kinds of titles, from intriguing to quirky, from simple to mysterious.
We will talk about what may be happening on the craft-level when a writer is struggling with a title. We will explore a range of fun exercises and practical strategies to get unstuck. There will be lots of interaction and time for questions.
INSTRUCTOR BIO ✏︎
Becky Tuch is the Founder of Lit Mag News, a Substack dedicated to demystifying the world of lit mag publishing. She has interviewed dozens of editors from a range of journals, many of whom agree on the importance of a strong title! Her fiction and nonfiction have also appeared in a variety of venues including Moment Magazine, Timothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Virginia Quarterly Review, Salon and Best of the Net.