Dear readers of “Through the Door”,
I’m not trying to tease you. Believe me when I say that I am wanting to get back to Mollie* and Travis even worse than you do. Life (good and bad) keeps getting in my way, but I am organizing my Draft-5 editing plan (i.e. to-do-list), so when I do have time to dedicate to the novel, I will be ready to go.
* Oh, yea – I changed Chloe’s name to Mollie, due to privacy issues. Same girl, different name.
I’m thinking seriously about changing the title as well. Titles are one of the more difficult challenges I have with my writing. I over-think it. I try too hard to think of the perfect title and it does not enter my head. “Through the Door” was originally a great title, but it has lost something over time.
When “Accidental Tourist” popped into my head, I knew it had been a movie in the past, so I dropped it. Only 2 days later, because it was so perfect, for Mollie’s story, I did some research to find out just how many things were titled the same.
I was encouraged to find that 16 out of the 19 titles for film and TV I found were episodes titled “Accidental Tourist”, but they were part of various TV series. There were 3 films. 2 short films, in 2010 & 2015, and one feature film, 1988, with Kathleen Turner and William Hurt.
So, not being over used in the film industry, I hoped against hope that there were just as few Books in circulation.
Anne Tyler wrote a Novel titled “The Accidental Tourist” published in 2007. It has been published in several Anne Tyler Collections of stories, as well as being an Intro title (i.e., The Accidental Tourist: more title words go on…) I read a review, by The Washington Post. It was long and wordy, but this phrase struck me “A fresh and timeless tale of unexpected bliss” What a relief! Totally does not describe Mollie’s travel at all.
“Accidental Tourist” is now the (nearly final) Title. It’s not that I can’t commit, it just leaves room for an Editor to make title suggestions, right?
Well, what a relief about the title issue. Now I can concentrate on being an Editor on this story. The most difficult part of writing (aside from perfect titles) that one can encounter. A prayer, if you are so inclined, would be appreciated!
♥ TTFN ♥
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