Comments on: What Happens When You Discover Your Title? Focus Happens.

By: Tony Conniff

Tony Conniff — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 17:05:47 +0000

The Onion usually comes through!
Thanks, Annie,
Tony

By: Tony Conniff

Tony Conniff — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 17:04:55 +0000

Thanks for your comment – not redundant at all and well worth adding on this subject.
And thanks for reading and writing.
Best wishes,
Tony

By: Annie Dinerman

Annie Dinerman — Sat, 29 Jul 2017 22:23:29 +0000

I used to waitress in an Italian joint. The owner and his pals would read the racing form and play the ponies. I would ask for the racing form when they were done, thinking a horse’s name might make a good title. It never happened.

I found my best title in a short article in The Onion.

By: Michael Guttilla

Michael Guttilla — Sat, 29 Jul 2017 14:37:18 +0000

In reply to Michael Guttilla. I just read your article on forward motion and realized that my comment here is redundant on this blog. Sorry for the newbie mistake but this was my first exposure to your site. Keep up the good work and please forgive my "Captain Obvious" comment.

By: Michael Guttilla

Michael Guttilla — Sat, 29 Jul 2017 14:09:42 +0000

Good article. I would add that in my experience songs are not written, they are re-written in phases. The first phase for me involves allowing a flow of ideas to happen, lyrically, harmonically and melodically without overthinking. Think of Paul McCartney’s first draft of “Yesterday” being “Scrambled Eggs”. Following that I revisit every line to remove unnecessary words and find shorter and better ways of stating ideas. I think especially with younger writers impatience causes them (us when I was young) to accept less than we are capable of.

By: Tony Conniff

Tony Conniff — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 20:06:31 +0000

In reply to Mark Marshall. Thanks, Mark!

By: Mark Marshall

Mark Marshall — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 18:33:02 +0000

Great article!

The band Squeeze used to keep notebooks of just great titles – and that formed the basis for their songs… I suspect that they did a lot of what you’re talking about – ‘How do I get from here to there?’