People often ask, how to choose the title of a book?
In fact, you don’t have to worry about it at first, just pick up the pen and write. As you write, you will get inspiration, and you can choose a good book title.
As the saying goes: "Half the rice is good, the grain is half good, and the essay is half good." "Title" refers to the theme as well as the title of the book.
Book titles are one of the magic weapons to attract readers’ attention. In a bookstore, when you glance over, all you see are books. The first thing that gives you the first impression is the book title, which determines whether you want to read it or not. So what are some ways to choose a book title?
1. Concise and to the point method
Simple and powerful is the characteristic of this type of naming method. Because it is short, it can be thought-provoking and meaningful, achieving the effect of "less is more".
For example, Lu Xun's "Medicine", Qian Zhongshu's "Fortress Besieged", Han Han's "Poison", and two-character online novels - "Sword Comes", "Zhu Xian", "Tokyo" and "Zero Point" "etc.
Zhang Wei's novel "For You I Will Love the Whole World" has also been renamed to "For You". Previously, the title of the book was too lengthy. When recommending it to others, the person would disappear before the title was finished.
2. Extractive juxtaposition method
Extractive juxtaposition, as the name suggests, is to extract several key words from the story and combine them in parallel to form a concise and complete book title.
For example, Qian Zhongshu's novel "Man·Beast·Ghost", Bing Xin's novel "Lotus Leaf·Mother", rural feature film "Fence·Woman·Dog", etc.
This method is not only concise and powerful, but also literary and poetic. The title of the book flirts with readers and attracts their attention.
3. Descriptive tension method
Of course, in order to make the book title more tense, you can use adjectives or verbs to stir up the readers' nerves and attract attention. Such as "Celebrity Chef in Kyoto", "Fight the Sphere", "Cheating Quack", "The Strongest Crazy Soldier", etc.
The book title is concise and powerful, allowing readers to understand it within three seconds, and it can quickly catch the eye.
4. Create contradictions
Stories are conflicts, and conflicts are contradictions. The naming method that highlights the contradictions will make you try again and again. Such as "This killer is not too cold", "Take a god to be your husband", "See you in the evening, Mr. Satan" and so on.
Did you notice? The oxymoron method of naming tends to use nouns and verbs to directly show the plot conflict. The title of the book is often to the point, arousing readers' curiosity, and they will unconsciously pick up the book and read it.
5. Metaphorical and vivid method
Although online articles should be easy to understand, it does not mean that they are straightforward and boring. They must also be interesting. Choose an interesting title and you'll be one step ahead.
Using metaphors, personification and other rhetorical techniques to choose names can be interesting and memorable. Such as Qi Jun's "Teardrops and Pearls", Kawabata Yasunari's "The Flowers Never Sleep", Sanmao's "Gentle Night" and so on.
The book titles above are chosen with anthropomorphic techniques, giving readers a beautiful, novel, lively and interesting feeling. Not bad, then take a look!
6. Poetry usage
Some popular poems, songs, and popular sayings have left a deep impression on people. As long as one or two words are changed, they can be used as book titles, like this Books are more eye-catching and more conducive to dissemination.
For example, "The sweetness of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold" is imitated from "The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold"; "The things that come to me from heaven must be useful" are imitated from the famous saying "The things that I am born with will be useful" and so on.
As long as you avoid mechanical and sensational naming, this kind of naming method is worth trying.
7. Red word traffic method
When a novel becomes popular, there will be popular titles that follow the trend, such as rebirth, the strongest, time travel, King of Soldiers and other red words. .
As long as your book title contains these red words, it will bring its own traffic. Such as "Rebirth of My 2003", "The Strongest Reset Life", "Traveling to the Ming Dynasty to Become a Prince", "The Strongest Soldier King in the City", etc.