06-27-2024, 06:18 PM
Bryn,
Brackets indicate an author’s editorial thoughts. So, [no title yet] tells editors you’re looking for a suggestion for a title, and [untitled] would mean you intend for there to be no title.
Here, “no title yet” would reference marriage, titles in intestacy, and future holdings, maybe. Capped “Untitled” would likely reference the poetic/artistic convention of writing Untitled to formally eschew a title. This is typically a feature of abstract work. Lowercased “untitled” would be trickier to figure.
Of the three, “no title yet” has the most narrative power. But I suspect you’ll end up with a forceful title.
In formal poetry, a title has magic power. It can inflect the poem without changing the meter, and so the title matters a great deal. The only words that can alter poems as much as titles are names.
Sophisticated Mama is incredibly powerful. Make sure it’s either easily decoded or intentionally cryptic. But intentionally cryptic is worse almost every time. It lets you hide, and allows readers to be dismissive.
Brackets indicate an author’s editorial thoughts. So, [no title yet] tells editors you’re looking for a suggestion for a title, and [untitled] would mean you intend for there to be no title.
Here, “no title yet” would reference marriage, titles in intestacy, and future holdings, maybe. Capped “Untitled” would likely reference the poetic/artistic convention of writing Untitled to formally eschew a title. This is typically a feature of abstract work. Lowercased “untitled” would be trickier to figure.
Of the three, “no title yet” has the most narrative power. But I suspect you’ll end up with a forceful title.
In formal poetry, a title has magic power. It can inflect the poem without changing the meter, and so the title matters a great deal. The only words that can alter poems as much as titles are names.
Sophisticated Mama is incredibly powerful. Make sure it’s either easily decoded or intentionally cryptic. But intentionally cryptic is worse almost every time. It lets you hide, and allows readers to be dismissive.
A yak is normal.