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1Grapie
Modificato: Feb 22, 2013, 12:52 pm

I am writing a book about a girl who can control plants, and talk to them. She has just moved, and she meets a guy who can control water.
What are some Ideas for what I should call it?

2oldstick
Mar 3, 2013, 7:18 am

Unnatural Powers?

3WholeHouseLibrary
Modificato: Mar 3, 2013, 10:32 am

The Incredibly Successful Gardeners?

Psychic Lawn Care?

4Grapie
Mar 10, 2013, 9:23 am

I do like these

5macmeijers
Mar 10, 2013, 6:50 pm

Elemental synthesis, along those lines.

Hard to do without knowing the full focus of the book though. Talking to plants is pretty common, even part of many a scientific study these days, controlling them is something else. But is that truly the emphasis, or does that rest with the characters and the events simply offset their own evolution.

6Grapie
Mar 11, 2013, 3:25 pm

The two of them find out they are from another planet, and find out about there past. There is another who can control time, who is like the evil one. She tries to turn them evil also.

7WholeHouseLibrary
Mar 11, 2013, 4:32 pm

In that case, how about:

Guaranteed Green Lawn and Invasive Species Control?

8Grapie
Mar 30, 2013, 2:21 pm

Thanks for all of the ideas

9DaiAlanye
Apr 1, 2013, 2:16 pm

Leave Me Be
I Can't Stem These Thoughts
The Root of the Matter

10nobodhi
Apr 11, 2013, 8:44 am

Watering Seeds

11gilroy
Apr 11, 2013, 10:55 am

Alien Elementals?
Benders from another world?

12bitser
Apr 23, 2013, 8:02 pm

Something that refers to the emotional context or is puzzling.

Rehearsal for the End of the World

Subterranean Dreams

Invisible Waters

A Marriage in the Dark

13jbbarret
Apr 24, 2013, 5:41 am

Move Over Canute.

14Dzerzhinsky
Apr 24, 2013, 1:29 pm

'Out of Control'

'Controlled Chaos'

'Rock, Scissors, Paper'

15Dzerzhinsky
Apr 24, 2013, 1:34 pm

too bad... 'Mist, Sand, and Grass' is already taken

16Grapie
Mag 26, 2013, 6:41 pm

Thanks they keep getting better and better

can you keep posting also what do you think of "Green Leaves Floating"

it is just an idea keep the ideas comming

17Dzerzhinsky
Modificato: Giu 23, 2013, 11:48 pm

Root, Branch, Stem

The Green Fuse That Drives the Flower
(stolen from Walt Whitman)

Edge of the Petal

Wet Black Bough (stolen from Ezra Pound)

18Grapie
Giu 23, 2013, 8:32 pm

I like Edge of the Petal, that is a good one:)

19A.Rosaria
Lug 5, 2013, 1:34 pm

Just spitting them out as they come up:

Elementics
Elementnic
Elementors
Strange Forces
Nature Changed
Broken Link

20Tane
Lug 6, 2013, 8:45 am

Natural Wonders

21CreativeArtist
Ago 7, 2013, 12:25 pm

- Growing Attractions

- Planetary Gardening, Volume 1

- Ask you subconscious before you go to sleep for the next week. You'll get bored with it by the end of the week, forget about it, and bingo a couple days later the perfect title will come to you in the middle of the night or first thing upon awaking.

22Thresher
Ago 15, 2013, 3:11 pm

>7 WholeHouseLibrary: "Invasive Species Control."

Heh. Excellent.

23josslriley
Ott 28, 2013, 11:49 pm

Elemental Creatures

24Howaboutyou253
Mar 2, 2014, 2:10 pm

I am writing a book about a dancer who does contemporary even though her mom wants her to do ballet. What should I call it?

25Howaboutyou253
Mar 2, 2014, 2:12 pm

I am writing a book about a dancer who does contemporary even though her mom wants her to do ballet. What should I call it?

26oldstick
Mar 3, 2014, 7:02 am

Dancer's Dilemma?

27LShelby
Mar 3, 2014, 12:07 pm

Step Forward?

28Cecrow
Mar 3, 2014, 1:35 pm

I'd recommend finishing the draft before you decide. Keep in mind as well (if submitting to a publisher, agent, etc.), all you need do is choose something non-offensive and suitable to your genre. Proposed titles often change in consultation, so it's best not to get too attached whatever you select.

That said, I'd have a hard time suggesting anything based on only what you've said. I'd prefer a title that speaks to the larger world in which this story takes place; i.e. are there several other people with powers as well, are they all related to controlling natural elements, etc.? The title could be a nickname for what muggles like us would call these people, or it could speak to something symbolic that's important to them.

I'd only go for something cute, ironic or a pun if that suits the tone and writer's voice of your work. If you've written in a more serious voice, probably steer clear of that route.

29CDVerhoff
Mar 11, 2014, 6:07 pm

Cecrow wrote: I'd only go for something cute, ironic or a pun if that suits the tone and writer's voice of your work. If you've written in a more serious voice, probably steer clear of that route.

That's an excellent point. If it's a serious book, give it a serious title. If it's lighthearted, then a lighthearted title will do.

The word "transpiration" comes to mind though.

30Altruistic
Dic 5, 2017, 6:13 am

Just Add Water