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Mario Micro-Goomba          Since: 09-08-04 From: Mushroom Kingdom Since last post: 6954 days Last activity: 6954 days |
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| O.K. the book is about this guy who wakes up from a coma. He's has these flashbacks throught-out the book that shows him how he got there. As he moves along in the story he slowly begins to understand that he has psycokenetic abilities(he can do stuff with his mind). I really need a good title. I've been working on it since 6th grade and I still can't think of one. HELP ME! Also I will be putting the first chapter in about a week or so. | |||
天国JOE ���A�ǂ��ɂȂ�̂���낤�H Since: 09-02-04 From: Destroy Tower Since last post: 4004 days Last activity: 3369 days |
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| So you've been writing a book and need a title. Then this goes off to Story Realm.
*Boots* (Last edited by The Politician on 10-06-05 12:43 AM) |
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Elara Divine Mamkute Dark Elf Goddess Chaos Imp Penguins Fan Ms. Invisable  Since: 08-15-04 From: Ferelden Since last post: 79 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| What specific abilities does he have, or how did he lose his memory? Just basics on either of those could give a good idea for a title. | |||
Pockets Werewolf pockets Since: 10-20-04 Since last post: 5069 days Last activity: 4586 days |
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| Elara is right. Havign a few basic understands of the characters abilities could give good ideas to some of us for titles.
If he was GIVEN these abilities not born with them in some way shape or form then, "The Gift," could work. It all depends on specific parameters and such of the story itself. if he's Psycokenetic as you say then how about simply, "Kenetic."? |
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Mario Micro-Goomba Since: 09-08-04 From: Mushroom Kingdom Since last post: 6954 days Last activity: 6954 days |
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| First off. "Psycokenetic" is cooler, and longer but who cares. O.k. first he was born with them but doesn't find out until a child with the same abilities shows him.
His powers are. Psi Blast(where he shoots a ball of condensed energy at an enemy with incredible force), Telekenesis(the ability to pick things up with your mind), Healing, Invisibility(where he becomes invisible to people but not electronics), and finally Protection(where he can deflect bullets with this big blue shield). I may come up with more later, i haven't really decided. Oh and he only uses the shield move once. |
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Pockets Werewolf pockets Since: 10-20-04 Since last post: 5069 days Last activity: 4586 days |
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| Not acting like a dick here. Just attempting to poke holes in your story. Which
any other writer will attempt to do to test the strength of your theories and such. How does a Psycokenetic have healign and invisibility? I mean healing is out there a bit. mending together broken tissue and bones or whatever would be a little beyond the human mind. That would require creating matter out of nothin or forcing genetic interacting at a subatomic level. Have you ever played a game called Galerians or The Last Galerians: Ash? Good games. Some of your characters abilities sound like ones found in the game. And your Psi Blast thingy sounds to me like it should fall under Telekenisis. Telekenisis, as you've already stated is moving an object with your mind. How about taking the force required to move said object and form it into a ball of pressure in your hand. There's your Psi Blast. I'm not even gonna go into him being able to turn invisible. Anywho. "Psycokenisis" could be a good title. or perhaps "Multi-Kenisis." Since technically only a couple of those things you've mentioned fall under psychokenisis, the rest fall under diferent aspects of Mental powers. I think. I could be mistaken there. |
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Stitch Roy Koopa Holy crap, it is the RoboCoonie!  Since: 08-20-04 From: California Since last post: 912 days Last activity: 912 days |
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| Psychokinesis and telekinesis are the same thing. Since I had to write an extensive research paper proving the existence of the subject, and I did prove it to an extent, I would know about that. They're just two names for the exact same thing.
However, modern-day physics don't allow for the creation of energy or matter from nothing. It just doesn't work that way. While the mind does possess certain powers, energetic healing using brain waves alone isn't going to cut it. Toss in some kind of experiment that might have triggered such powers, and maybe it will become a bit more viable. Or, set it in some future or another planet or something that isn't present day Earth. Of course, by simply making it science fiction, one isn't required to explain why things happen. If your story isn't done, just write it and think of a title later. I can't think of titles to save my life, but they usually come after I've completed a story. Hell the You and Your Friend story has been renamed to Eternal Damnation after I already submitted it to the site. Remember, though, that writing is an art and should be treated as such. It does require skill and an even temperment to notice when even your own work sucks. It helps if you can take criticism as well. I know it's difficult, but even the most hateful, destructive criticism helps. You're trying to win over readers, so helping hook them is the best. As far as a title goes, I've got nothing. If you do go with "Psychokinesis", remember that it does have an "h" before the "o" and after the "c". Spell check, people. |
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Elara Divine Mamkute Dark Elf Goddess Chaos Imp Penguins Fan Ms. Invisable Since: 08-15-04 From: Ferelden Since last post: 79 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| Zabuza got to the spelling before I did, that was the main thing I had to point out.
How old is the guy when he learns about his abilities? Since a child taught him to use it you can gain an idea from that for a title. Perhaps once we get a peak at the first chapter we can come up with something better. You need a title that catches people's attentions, yet doesn't give away the story. If he discovers during the plot that he has these powers then naming the novel "Psychokinesis" gives away something major. Some times the best titles of books come from a line that is said near the end of the book. Either that a more vague way of what the main topic of the book is. |
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Stitch Roy Koopa Holy crap, it is the RoboCoonie! Since: 08-20-04 From: California Since last post: 912 days Last activity: 912 days |
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| Also remember, no matter how much phonics they taught, English is not a phoenectic language. It tries to be, but it's more of a memorizational language. What I'm saying is, please spell check people. Even I make mistakes, only because I have four languages jumbled around in my head, but I at least have the courtesy of occasionally spell-checking. I understand the deviation of topic here, so I'm pressing back into the meat of this issue:
Take my story in progress, "Hacker Assassin". It tells you one of two things: the main character is a person whom kills hackers or is a hacker that happens to be an assassin as well. Since there is an ambiguity in the title depending on the inflection used when it's pronounced, it does somewhat motivate the reader to find out which version it is. I think the original version of it is still on this site as "Soldier of Fortune". I had to rename it since Activision holds the naming rights for a series of videogames under the same title. But, before as "Soldier of Fortune" it held so much vagueness that one was required to read it finding out that it mostly had nothing to do with what one would think a Soldier of Fortune to be. Titles are difficult, and I often don't title a work until I'm half-way done with it. Or, in this case, I'll retitle a work while I'm still working on it. I don't know, it's really up to you. But, Hyatt/Elara makes a good point. You don't want to give away the entire main story plot in the title. Picture your book on a bookstore's shelves. People will walk up, pick it up because they see your title. You want it to be vague. They'll flip the book over to read the synopsis on the back cover; if there's no synopsys, they may open it up to read a few paragraphs before buying it. If I walked up to a book titled, "Psychokinesis", I'd still flip it over. If I found the synopsis to be something along the lines of what you described for your book, then I'd set the book back down and walk away wondering how something like that with such a blatant title could have ever been published. But, that's just me. |
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Mario Micro-Goomba Since: 09-08-04 From: Mushroom Kingdom Since last post: 6954 days Last activity: 6954 days |
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| Sorry for not posting earlier. Ok. First off. the invisibilitie is only that the main character got into a persons head and made said person believe that the main character is truly not there. the healing part is that head speeds up the healing process the body naturaly goes through. he did get experimented on, i said that becausee he woke up in a laboratory, by a group which i will state in the book later. I'm only half way through the book so back off. And i'm still going back to redo a few places. But with my cousin committing suicied and tons of schoolwork i haven't had much time. | |||
The Accidental Protege Iggy Koopa I\"m your accidental protege... The gift, the blood, the thrownaway...\" Since: 03-08-05 From: Marching on the city of Southern Cross Since last post: 1145 days Last activity: 1145 days |
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Well, it sounds... interesting... but my best advice at the moment is to clean up your grammar and spelling 
Good luck with it. I'm sure it'll be good if you work at it enough. |
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Stitch Roy Koopa Holy crap, it is the RoboCoonie! Since: 08-20-04 From: California Since last post: 912 days Last activity: 912 days |
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| Not to sound heartless, but I am to an extent (it's a result of a culmination of working for Disneyland, the US Department of Homeland Security, Tower Records, and Activision), so:
My uncle died last week, my grandfather is sick, and my mom is leaving for a month to Mexico. I've been laid off from Activision for the winter session, I'm three weeks behind on school work with two classes already dropped. I'm overdrawn $550 on my checking account, and the cell phone bill is still due among other bills. I still find time to write. Maybe not to post, but at least to write. I'd say "you have my heartfelt sympathies", but it would be a lie. I'd also say "good luck with the story", but I'm not really into wishing luck on something I haven't really read since all I have to go on is an idea. But, that's just me. I'm just that cynical. Ask my friends. They'll vouch for me. Off to the shower. P.S., I am sorry about your cousin...to an extent. I feel disconnected from the human race. |
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Elara Divine Mamkute Dark Elf Goddess Chaos Imp Penguins Fan Ms. Invisable Since: 08-15-04 From: Ferelden Since last post: 79 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| My condolances, truly. If anything else, the writing will serve as a good outlet/distraction during your freetime after schoolwork is done. |
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