See above.
Cram as much information and detail into the title as you can, even if this means sacrificing the readability of said title and somewhat stealing the thunder of the main body of the work itself, which is left only really being able to reiterate what has already been said in the title, which was itself clumsy and repetitious
See above.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
The end.
ReplyDelete:-)
Isn't this what Dave Eggers does?
ReplyDeleteDon't pick on Dave Eggers.
ReplyDeleteSee also: DFW
ReplyDeleteDon't pick on DFW, either.
ReplyDeleteI like short titles like Buddy, and Buddy's Song.
ReplyDelete- MarcT
ReplyDeleteAny number of Ph.D dissertations would fit the bill.
ReplyDeleteThe Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, Etc. Who Was Born In Newgate, and During a Life of Continu'd Variety For Threescore Years, Besides Her Childhood, Was Twelve Year a Whore, Five Times a Wife [Whereof Once To Her Own Brother], Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon In Virginia, At Last Grew Rich, Liv'd Honest, and Died a Penitent. Written from her own Memorandums.
ReplyDeleteNo, really. That's its title.
Are you picking on Carlo Collodi too?
ReplyDeleteHeh. Sounds like Sufjan Stevens.
ReplyDeleteJust for fun, I once came up with a title like this. Except it was over a thousand words. THe body of it just said "The end."
ReplyDelete