From a Solid Foundation to the Sacred Power of Words
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Intro
Picking a title blends creativity with strategy.
The title you choose speaks first to your reader, opens the door to your world, and often acts as the glue that binds everything together.
I’m creative, but my analytical skills have developed through my work as a technical writer, translator, and editor — especially on projects for European universities — where I’ve learned the importance of building a strong foundation.
I encourage you to do the same for your blog, whether on Medium or elsewhere.
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Discover Your Unique Voice
Before you start to name your stories, think about your true self.
Knowing your core skills, principles, and what your readers like is key to making content that grabs attention.
Build a strong base for your stories by picking themes to shape your content.
Think about setting up a list of categories.
If you like one of the categories listed below, feel free to dive in! 🌟
If not, skip it.
And… drop any new ideas in the comments!
The Six Categories
🤍Greatest Hits🤍
Begin by taking a good look at what you’ve done before.
Ask Yourself:
❓Which pieces have your readers loved the most?
❓What are your top hits?
❓What trends do you see in your most popular stories?
❓How can you leverage your past successes to create more winning titles?
Take Action:
- Check the stats from previous years or months. Find the stories that made the biggest splash.
- Write down the top articles and search for common themes.
My Greatest Hits:
- This section contains several “How-to” articles.
- One stands out:
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Your readers spark great ideas.
Ask Yourself:
❓What does your audience want to read?
❓Do any themes or subjects come up often?
❓How can you create content that meets these needs?
Take Action:
- Gather any suggestions and ideas from your readers.
- Find out which subjects they ask about most often.
My Readers “Wishlist”:
- How to Easily Plan a Novel
- Advice on Dressing Like a Writer
- “Stories in the Cemetery” was suggested to me as a book idea after a summer filled with loss — three literary mentors, friends, and a dear uncle. During a recent memorial service, my aunt proposed the title, but the thought of writing it feels overwhelming. I’m afraid it would stir too many emotions and memories, and I’m not sure I’m ready for that.
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Every writer has their own special set of skills.
Knowing what they are helps you make titles that show what you’re good at.
Ask Yourself:
❓What makes your writing skills stand out?
❓Are you good at telling stories making hard stuff easy to understand, or… writing how-to guides people like?
❓What good things do you always bring to your job?
Take Action:
- Think about what you’re good at and what makes you strong.
- Come up with titles that show these strengths focusing on what you do well.
My “Superpower” Category:
- Translating text into German, English, and Romanian.
- Writing literary critiques, including introductions and reviews.
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Your personal experiences offer inspiration and help you bond with your audience more .
Ask Yourself:
❓Which key events have shaped your life?
❓What stories from your past give helpful insights or teachings?
❓How can you turn these experiences into titles that grab people’s attention?
Take Action:
- Think about the big moments that made you who you are today.
- Make titles that sum up these experiences and offer tips or lessons learned.
My “Life Lessons” Section
- Posts about book events key stories, and writings shaped by specific happenings or actions.
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Using headings to highlight your key ideas and principles creates content that captures attention and adds value.
Ask Yourself:
❓What key ideas shape your life and work?
❓How do you craft content that lines up with these beliefs?
❓What do you want to tell the world that fits with your principles?
Take Action:
- Spot your main values, like kindness, imagination, and toughness.
- Make headings that show these ideas while giving your readers new insights and a boost.
Examples:
- “Walking in Their Shoes: How Understanding Impacts Others”
- “Unleashing Your Inner Artist: Ways to Spark Endless Creativity”
- “Rising Strong: Lessons to Overcome Life’s Challenges”
My “Lift-Me-Up” Category
That’s trickier…
I think starting the New Literary Society and backing writers and their work is the best way for me to make and support great content now.
Looking at my values of creativity, empathy, and beauty led me to write certain kinds of articles.
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Celebrate who you are by making a space that’s just for you and your art where you can speak your mind without financial worries.
Ask Yourself:
❓What does your heart want to say?
❓How do you put your deepest thoughts and feelings into words?
❓What personal tales or imaginative ideas do you want to share?
Take Action
- Make a section for your most intimate work, which could be stories, poems, or any other writing that reveals your authentic self.
- Come up with titles that sum up your deepest thoughts and experiences even if they don’t fit into a marketable topic.
My “True Self” Category
- This section has all my short stories, memoirs, and fragments from my novels.
- One of my books was put out on Medium in parts with lots of pictures, but I took it down.
And Now… The Three Steps
Step 1: Finding Your Spark
Titles can pop up in the weirdest places kind of like how early morning light makes everyday stuff look special.
This step is about trying different ways to get that first spark for your title.
Look at Your Bookshelf:
- Grab your favorite book and see where the opening line takes you.
- Or, for an interesting change stick a knife between the pages and check where it ends up — that’s your spark.
- It’s like you’re continuing a chat that another writer kicked off ages ago.
Check Out the Dictionary:
- Just like the book method opening a dictionary at random — whether it’s an old standby or an online version — can trigger new ideas.
- Sometimes a single expression common or rare, can get your creative juices flowing.
- Even the quirky Urban Dictionary has some hidden treasures.
Welcome Chance:
- Collect words — snipped from newspapers jotted on bits of paper — and toss them in a hat.
- Pick a few and let chance steer you.
- It’s like asking the universe to decide leading to surprising titles.
Draw from Current Events and Personal Reflections:
- Great titles sometimes touch on what’s happening now.
- Check the news or look deep inside yourself.
- Let your feelings struggles, or flaws shape your title.
- This approach focuses on staying current, real, and relatable.
And Once More… Pay Attention to Your Readers:
- Don’t forget about your readers.
- Popular titles usually focus on topics that people are already interested in.
- Look at your stats— what have readers enjoyed in the past?
- Use this information to help you create titles that are both recognizable and new.
Tools or Creators: The Real Source of Creativity
- There are different tools available, including word generators, title generators, daily prompts, title analyzers, and artificial intelligence.
- While these tools can be useful, they are not true creators.
- The human who uses these tools creates the work, infusing it with personal experience, emotion, and a unique perspective.
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Step 2: Shaping the Perfect Title
Once you have your basic ideas, refine them just as a sculptor would carefully carve away to uncover the shape hidden within the stone.
Seek Significance, Not Clickbait:
- Your title should catch interest and demonstrate its worth.
- Aim for something that offers benefits, not just a fleeting click.
- It’s similar to comparing a plain shell to a pearl: one is empty, while the other is filled with treasures.
Focus on Characters or Actions:
- A title that points to a person or an action can sometimes hook readers.
- It creates a feeling of things happening and a story unfolding.
- For stories or articles about someone or something, let the title kick things off.
Let Your Spark Light the Way
- Sometimes just the title can get you excited to write.
- It’s a beginning — a phrase that touches the core of your thought or emotion.
- The words then flow smoothly, each one adding to what the title suggests.
Play with Words
- Titles are like the words we play with.
- In other words, we can twist the phrase, and change the idea and new ways of interpreting are also better than old ones.
- The meaning of the words does not only pertain to the things they say; instead, it is also about the way they sound and how the whole set is organized on the paper.
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Step 3: The Sacred Power of Titles
The most important thing is that a title is more than a set or list of words; it is a gate that leads to something so powerful and imponderable that almost deified.
Connect with the Divine
- Article titles can reach the most hidden parts of our minds.
- These titles can ensure access to subjects that evoke or consider something significant or deal with vivid emotions.
- In fact, it moves deeper than the heart and soul.
- Does it really look for more than just what is visible?
Have Fun with Inspiration
- I am good at coming up with titles because I enjoy the creative process.
- This task must be treated with enthusiasm and an atmosphere of joy that can be experienced only in this particular way.
- Think of the titles as small sparks which come into your reader’s imagination.
Build Connection and Emotion:
- Loosely written word connections are what’s so great about titles.
- Thus it becomes quite simple to issue a warm handshake to your reader and make him feel involved in your life. Welcome to my world!
- A bright, colorful, and maybe even slightly personalized title might be even more successful.
- The beginning of an adventure is when you and your reader are about to share the journey together.
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To Wrap Up
The next time you sit down to a piece of writing, remind yourself that your title is a bit more than a label, it is a piece of you, the first spark of the reader’s feelings, a possible discovery of something even more significant.
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