The Bad Title Game

[D.R. MacMaster]

One of the best ways to improve your writing is to get all the bad writing out and put someplace safe where it won't do any damage. So I propose a game. Make up a title, a really bad title, for a really bad novel. And if you have anything extra like an equally bad plot, or an opening paragraph, knock yourself out.

Here's an example, the title for my bad noir novel: Fatal Fannie Fatello the Fatal Femme Fatale.

You all can surely do better, or worse, than that.

[Dan Coleman]

How about: "Killer In Stink"

Well, now that I'm solving everybody's title problems today.

You could open with something such as:

It stunk and he knew it.
And so did he.
It followed him everywhere he went, like a cheap suit fresh out of moth balls.
But it hadn't always been like that. Way back when he'd come out smelling like roses, no matter the job...

Nnneeyeeeaaa...