Vampires & The Housing Market; Or, 7 Better Book Titles

Hi friends!  Earlier this month, we discussed the impact of titles on your poetry and how much thought can truly go into choosing a simple word or phrase to set the tone. In my case, picking a title is often a maddening process (and probably always will be), so sometimes you just have to laugh. Laugh so as not to cry.

Kidding, kidding. Need a laugh today? We rounded up a few select favorites from Better Book Titles for your scrolling pleasure:

1. To Kill a Mockingbird? More like....

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2. Hamlet? Plz. How about...

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3. Moby Dick? As if. More like...

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4. The Great Gatsby? How about a more straightforward...

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5. The Jungle? We know the truth...

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6. Dracula? More like...

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7. And finally....Catcher in the Rye? Here's an improvement:

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Prompt time! For your dose of daily writing, go one of two ways:

1. Use one of these titles as a phrase in a poem (bonus points if you use "Ghost Dad"). Just go for it. Freewrite all up in it. See what happens.

2. Find a poem of yours that's done, but has a title you don't love. Take a humorous eye to your poem. What sort of sarcastic title can you come up with to expose what your poem's really about? Throw the new title at the top of your poem and workshop it (even more bonus points if you email us your poem to tell us about it).

Like this post? We sure hope so. Share this little pocket of frolic with your best buddies by slapping our link on social media, or leave a comment below to tell us how you'd re-title a book you love (or a book you loathe).We'd love to hear from you!