Lucy’s reading corner (bring coffee)
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Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch:
How do you come up with your titles? I'm having a hard time coming up with mine.
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Dear Lucy,
Sometimes you have to wait for the story to tell you what the title is. I'll often start with a placemarker title just so I can name the word document, but then as time goes on, sequences in the book become a part of a meaningful pattern. As an example, my picture book Enough had a placemarker title of A Bag of Wheat for a long time but it became Enough because that was the core of the story -- the difference between empathy and selfishness is knowing when one has enough and recognizing who doesn't have enough.
Sometimes you have to wait for the story to tell you what the title is. I'll often start with a placemarker title just so I can name the word document, but then as time goes on, sequences in the book become a part of a meaningful pattern. As an example, my picture book Enough had a placemarker title of A Bag of Wheat for a long time but it became Enough because that was the core of the story -- the difference between empathy and selfishness is knowing when one has enough and recognizing who doesn't have enough.
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