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Coal ruins exchanges around me - spitey spitey fic y'all. 

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title inspo

[(Anonymous)]

where do you get title inspiration from?

Re: title inspo

[(Anonymous)]

Songs, poems, a line from the canon i'm writing about.
If all fails, I just use an appropriate line from the story.

Re: title inspo

[(Anonymous)]

Puns

Re: title inspo

[(Anonymous)]

You could vague-describe the key themes/actions of the story here, and perhaps the Title Fairy will provide some suggestions.

Re: title inspo

[(Anonymous)]

CYRT

oh i'm not anywhere near the title stage, I was just wondering out of curiousity

Re: title inspo

[(Anonymous)]

Shakespeare

Re: title inspo

[(Anonymous)]

Snowclones.org

Re: title inspo

[(Anonymous)]

CAPSLOCK COALIE WHERE ARE YOU ;___;

Re: title inspo

[(Anonymous)]

Key points in the fic itself

Re: title inspo

[(Anonymous)]

I have exactly two fic titling settings, perfectly fitting terrible puns I thought of before I even started writing, or else a random but hopefully vaguely thematic word/phrase ganked from the fic in a last-minute panic. "Aftermath", "Beginnings", "Nightmare Scenario", "Old Wounds", "Revelations", yep, I've shamelessly used all of these blandly generic suckers in that moment of hovering over the posting form going, "Oh, crap, this thing still needs a title and summary." If I'm feeling extra fancy I might try to google for proverbs or poems or something that include my theme word.

Re: title inspo

[(Anonymous)]

Folk song lyrics!

Re: title inspo

[(Anonymous)]

song lyrics, all lowercase

Re: title inspo

[(Anonymous)]

I have three steps:

1. Come up with an actual good title on my own.

If this fails, proceed to the next step.

2. Search for quotes related some of the themes of the fic. Find an appropriate quote and yoink a part of it that seems titleable.

If this fails, proceed to the next step.

3. Pick a word completely at random. Does it have anything at all to do with the fic? Who cares, I have a title!

Re: title inspo

[(Anonymous)]

idk but someone should make one of those song lyrics but it's ao3 titles videos for yuletide fics

Re: title inspo

[(Anonymous)]

Whatever absolutely random shit the story makes me think of. Which tends to be either super bland or really fucking weird.

Re: title inspo

[(Anonymous)]

for a second i thought this said "tittie inspo"

Re: title inspo

[(Anonymous)]

coal should use fuck the pain away by peaches as their song

Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me,
Callin me, all the time like blondie
Check out my chrissy behind
It's fine all of the time
Like sex on the beaches,
What else is in the teaches of peaches? huh? what?
Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me,
Callin me, all the time like blondie
Check out my Chrissy behind
It's fine all of the time
What else is in the teaches of peaches?
Like sex on the beaches. huh? what?
huh? right. what? uhh.
huh? what? right. uhh.
huh? what? right. uhh.
huh? what? right. uhh.
SIS IUD, stay in school cause it's the best.
IUD SIS, stay in school cause it's the best.
IUD SIS, stay in school cause it's the best.
IUD SIS, stay in school cause it's the best.
Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me,
Callin me, all the time like blondie
Check out my chrissy behind
It's fine all of the time.
What else is in the teaches of peaches?
Like sex on the beaches. huh? what?
Fuck the pain away. Fuck the pain away. [Repeat: x8]
huh? what? right. uhh. huh? what? right. uhh.
What else in the teaches of peaches, like sex on the beaches.
huh? what? right. uhh.
Fuck the pain away. Fuck the pain away.