Let's just get to the point: I SUCK AT CLEVER TITLES.
Why is it that I can consistently churn out 100 page scripts, but I can't think of a good sounding word or phrase to define them?
I need help, and you all have come through for me before. I'm just finishing the 4th draft of my family treasure hunting story, and so far, it's named just that: UNTITLED FAMILY TREASURE HUNT.
In a nutshell:
The story is based on an old legend that a 1930s mobster went on a nationwide crime spree, robbing vaults all over the country. The loot was all shipped back to his hideout and buried. Jewels, bonds, priceless antiques- you name it, he stole it. What he didn't realize was that he inadvertantly robbed a vault belonging to Thomas Edison and wound up stealing the schematics for what was going to become Edison's greatest invention yet. Long story short, the mobster died and the loot was lost before he could sell it all off, leaving a huge stash of stolen items hidden somewhere...
The story follows the adventures of a nerdy science teacher as he tries to locate the stash, not for the millions in treasure, but to find Edison's lost invention. When he finds proof that the lost invention, along with the millions in treasure, might be buried somewhere in his neighborhood, all of his neighbors catch "treasure fever," and a chase to find the lost stash errupts into a wild, neighbor-against-neighbor scavenger hunt. Think "The Goonies" meets "National Treasure" meets "The Burbs."
My original title was COMMUNITY CHEST, which is still sort of relevant I guess, but I'm not sure it still works. The first draft had them searching strictly for lost Spanish treasure, so the idea of a treasure chest worked in the title, but now it's less about treasure and more about the invention.
I want a title that somehow captures the zany aspect of the neighbor vs neighbor battle to find the loot, but one that also nails the National Treasure-style adventure. I toyed with "Finding Edison," but it just sounds flat (and too much like a drama, ala Finding Neverland).
You guys always come up with great, snappy titles. Of course, I expect some smart ass answers too. A little bit of both would be fine.
Why is it that I can consistently churn out 100 page scripts, but I can't think of a good sounding word or phrase to define them?
I need help, and you all have come through for me before. I'm just finishing the 4th draft of my family treasure hunting story, and so far, it's named just that: UNTITLED FAMILY TREASURE HUNT.
In a nutshell:
The story is based on an old legend that a 1930s mobster went on a nationwide crime spree, robbing vaults all over the country. The loot was all shipped back to his hideout and buried. Jewels, bonds, priceless antiques- you name it, he stole it. What he didn't realize was that he inadvertantly robbed a vault belonging to Thomas Edison and wound up stealing the schematics for what was going to become Edison's greatest invention yet. Long story short, the mobster died and the loot was lost before he could sell it all off, leaving a huge stash of stolen items hidden somewhere...
The story follows the adventures of a nerdy science teacher as he tries to locate the stash, not for the millions in treasure, but to find Edison's lost invention. When he finds proof that the lost invention, along with the millions in treasure, might be buried somewhere in his neighborhood, all of his neighbors catch "treasure fever," and a chase to find the lost stash errupts into a wild, neighbor-against-neighbor scavenger hunt. Think "The Goonies" meets "National Treasure" meets "The Burbs."
My original title was COMMUNITY CHEST, which is still sort of relevant I guess, but I'm not sure it still works. The first draft had them searching strictly for lost Spanish treasure, so the idea of a treasure chest worked in the title, but now it's less about treasure and more about the invention.
I want a title that somehow captures the zany aspect of the neighbor vs neighbor battle to find the loot, but one that also nails the National Treasure-style adventure. I toyed with "Finding Edison," but it just sounds flat (and too much like a drama, ala Finding Neverland).
You guys always come up with great, snappy titles. Of course, I expect some smart ass answers too. A little bit of both would be fine.
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