Swings And Roundabouts
Whether I have the title of a piece before I write it depends entirely on the spark of inspiration that hits me, but it doesn't often happen that way.
Most times I'm just sitting writing aimlessly when a flow begins, and it can come from out of nowhere. Once I have the bit between my teeth I'm away and it's not until I finish that the title slips into place.
Occasionally I'll come up with a great title, but no content.
It's a sort of swings and roundabouts thing, if you'll pardon the expression.
Swings and roundabouts - wow that sounds like it could be a great title for.......something.
What’s In a Word
I don't have a specific process, to be quite honest. Some of my pieces have titles long before I finish and some are left unnamed still today. I can tell you I have named many works of literature after its conception and personality form on the paper. It's almost like when you carry a child in your womb opposed to when you see her and hold her in your arms. I have two girls and both of them were named after their birth, the following day to be exact.
I think it's really just like that...
The meaningful ones I name later bc once I can appreciate their full beauty and existence, their purpose in my life, then it happens. The magical moment that I assign the aesthetic epithet that will accurately reflect that which lies before the readers eyes.
