What's Your Title???

Postby **JillStar** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 8:04 pm

http://www.lulu.com/titlescorer/index.php

Give this a whirl and see if your title will be a best seller! :wink:

TheMudge · Postby **TheMudge** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 8:17 pm

"Blacklance" has a 50-50 shot.

Anblick · Postby **Anblick** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 8:19 pm

I guess I'm doomed, because my best option of all my current stories is only a 44.2% chance of success if I believe these folks...

TheMudge · Postby **TheMudge** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 8:24 pm

Hey, in the publishing world, 45% odds are pretty good . . .

Postby **JillStar** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 8:31 pm

I was having problems with all the options... that just shows how much I should go back to school.

xcheck24 · Postby **xcheck24** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 8:35 pm

my working title only has a 10 percent shot, so hush all of you

Postby **JillStar** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 8:36 pm

WEll... mine originally said 6.4%... but I probably answered all the options wrong. :roll:

Anblick · Postby **Anblick** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:47 am

Full Circle was 28%
Prick From a Black Rose's Thorn was 45%

Those are my two bigger projects that I keep neglecting...

Mlou · Postby **Mlou** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 12:19 pm

26.3% sigh

Blick "The Black Rose" was an adventure best seller years ago, if I remember.

CycoMerlin14 · Postby **CycoMerlin14** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 12:20 pm

63.7% with 'Mind Basin.' =)

bfsooner · Postby **bfsooner** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 1:45 pm

Well, I read somewhere that some of the bestsellers had different titles, and that editors changed them (Catch-22 was one of the titles). So, I'm not going to stress about "Nora's Story," because I figure my editor will change it anyway.

pengwenn · Postby **pengwenn** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 4:08 pm

I tried 2 different titles of a story I'm working on and got very different results

The Language of Dragons got 10.2%

Talking with Dragons got 55.4%

goody2shoes · Postby **goody2shoes** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:38 pm

pengwenn wrote:Talking with Dragons got 55.4%

I think I heard of a book called that already

mine got 72.5% still not to sure about the title, but it did way better then the other titles I came up with, one was Alliey River(name of main character) and River (last name) I really dont like those names I trashed them a long time ago(for a title) just wanted to see what they would get.

UnCoolDuck · Postby **UnCoolDuck** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:29 am

45.6%--I agree. Pretty good odds in the publishing world and the ed would probably change it anyway.

Whew...the hard work's done. Now all I have to do is write the book

level9 · Postby **level9** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:04 am

is it bad when you don't know if your title has a preposition in it? :-D

Jeffrey Allan Boman · Postby **Jeffrey Allan Boman** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:27 am

I Won't Try Out For The NHL got 10.2%... good thing I'm giving it for free then.

Anblick · Postby **Anblick** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:58 pm

level9 wrote:is it bad when you don't know if your title has a preposition in it?

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/prepositions.htm

calico · Postby **calico** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:27 pm

YAY! i got 72.5%
I tried a name i was considering for my book. I didn't really like it till i saw the score.

my second choice so far scored a 35.9%

H.v.mars · Postby **H.v.mars** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:14 am

Woah this is pretty cool... Let me try.

it says:

The title Valentine and the silver feather has a 61.1% chance of being a bestselling title!

This little script says I might even make it. And curiously... I tried to put the name of one of my comic series (The knightprincess Chronicles) and it says it has 61.1% chance of being a best seller. Well, It's a comic book so I guess it doesn't count but I got the SAME exact percentage.

timberline · Postby **timberline** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:11 am

Wow! 44.2% for Cruising the Green of Second Avenue. I knew I had the right stuff! But City Point, the Wrath of Righteousness and The Ways of Being Foreign took only the low double digits. Shucks.

By the way, movie titles are rarely/never more than seven words. Longest one: Oh, Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling so Sad.

TheMudge · Postby **TheMudge** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:03 pm

Cool, Jud--glad we could help!

Hissmonster · Postby **Hissmonster** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:45 pm

Wishes came in at 72.5
Out of Ashes 79.6

Not bad

musthavebeenmykarma · Postby **musthavebeenmykarma** » Mon May 01, 2006 7:14 am

The title Humans and Heroes has a 63.7% chance of being a bestselling title!

Love that site, it's a lot of fun :-P

I'm new and this post is a very late reply. But I was pleased that my title has a 72.5% chance of success.

I'm interested, what's the title?

musthavebeenmykarma · Postby **musthavebeenmykarma** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:37 pm

The title Ender's Game has a 45.6% chance of being a bestselling title!

Had to try it... :-D

purty_trash · Postby **purty_trash** » Tue May 02, 2006 1:27 am

83.1% for one of my short stories!!!

Didn't try for others.

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