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stevenr
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#11 | Posted: 7 Apr 2022 15:50
Unrequited, underwhelming, Understanding, Unrelenting, Unwelcome.

Lonewulf
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#12 | Posted: 12 Apr 2022 14:56
What prompted me to look in on this thread, was the desire for creative suggestions. What made me want to throw it into reverse is the lack of creative freedom allowed. Conbined with that is that it's part of a series where one story is unrelated to another, yet share a similar title. You might want to randomly open an adjectives dictionary, and use a pin to pick the next word. Since it's unrelated, it shouldn't really matter, and I question the reason to look for creative help.

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#13 | Posted: 12 Apr 2022 20:14
'Since it's unrelated...'

An Unrelated Punishment!

bagatelle
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#14 | Posted: 15 Apr 2022 07:30
Unforeseen? Unforgettable?

Hotspur
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#15 | Posted: 16 Apr 2022 16:48
Lonewulf:
What prompted me to look in on this thread, was the desire for creative suggestions. What made me want to throw it into reverse is the lack of creative freedom allowed. Conbined with that is that it's part of a series where one story is unrelated to another, yet share a similar title. You might want to randomly open an adjectives dictionary, and use a pin to pick the next word. Since it's unrelated, it shouldn't really matter, and I question the reason to look for creative help.

As it would appear that you are not an author and have therefore never contributed one creative word (adjective?) to this site, I’ll simply ignore your uncalled-for comments and concentrate on the other positive replies I’ve received.
Please let that be the last word on the subject as I fear that this exchange may turn into a slanging match which like your post, will serve no useful purpose. Flopsy, I would kindly ask you to intervene if this jackass insists on continuing his rant.

Goodgulf
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#16 | Posted: 17 Apr 2022 00:43
Often the last thing I write is the title. Sometimes I know the title before I start, I've spent a lot of time trying to come up with something that catches the essence of a story.

For example, looking my series (which are often large stories broken into bit sized pieces):
"A Totally Original Superhero Story" had at least five working titles.
The Susan Woolcraft story was "Caught in a Storm", "An overdue sleepover", "Sleeping over at..", "Never too old" and a few other ones.
Out For A Lark - was "The Prank", "The actors", and a few others.
Memories Of Lockley Hall - was "A schoolboy's story", "Reflections by the Artist", "'Home' in England, Yearning for India".
Distance Memories - had several working titles. "That Summer at Our Pool" was a close second.
Hillbilly Switchin' - several titles
The Usual Gang Vs The Tag Along - several times.

On the other hand:
Arizona Vacation - that title existed before I wrote a single word
Looping Across The County Line - that was the title when I started writing. It encapsulates the plot. In fact all of the County Line stories had their titles in place when I started writing.
The Chronicles Of Bamber - could have no other title, since it is inspired by The Chronicles Of Amber (written by the late, great author Roger Zelazny)
Returning to (not a series, but it maybe should be) - The title was the first thing I wrote.
Returning To... An Artist's Tale - ditto

The rest? Sometimes the title came easier, other times I was reworking the title up to the point I sent it in. Seriously, more than once I had formatted a story for the library and saved it as a txt file only to go back and rename it.

Anyway Lonewulf, I hope you continue to exercise your creative talents, and I hope to see some of your stories posted here in the future. And I hope you remember that constructive criticism is gold while negative comments are often ignored. Personally I enjoy reading negative comments to my stories. They show that the story touched someone to the point that he (or she) felt the need to express their feelings.

Hotspur
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#17 | Posted: 17 Apr 2022 09:45
Goodgulf:
Personally I enjoy reading negative comments to my stories. They show that the story touched someone to the point that he (or she) felt the need to express their feelings.

Constructive criticism is always welcome although I must admit that I tend to go along with the thoughts of an author whose writing has survived for more than 2000 years.

“I much prefer a compliment, insincere or not, to sincere criticism.”

Meitneria
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#18 | Posted: 18 Apr 2022 23:46
Ah, but "overdue" and "undeserved" have more in common than just both being adjectives. As KatiePie pointed out, they both start with vowels. Even more important to the feel & flow of the words, though, is that they're both composed of a base adjective that starts with a D (due, deserved) plus a negative prefix (over, un) which flips the meaning. If you want the stories to really sound like they form a series, it's this quality which I'd suggest trying to replicate for #3.

With that in mind, my top pick would be: indecent -- It fits the above, plus starts with a vowel, but a new one, so that it doesn't sound repetitive, plus it has a natural association with punishment & spanking, like the words "overdue" and "undeserved" and should lead to lots of possibilities for a story, perhaps playing up the embarrassment or humiliation angle.

Some other options that I think could make for a good story include: undignified, undemocratic, indiscreet, indefinite, undisclosed, indiscriminate, undressed, indoctrination*, induction*, undeterring (or undeterred), undeliverable, indefensible, overdramatic, undeviating, endorsed*, indispensable, interdisciplinary, incidental*, undiscussed, indecorous, undesirable, indulgent*, endearing*, undaunting

Finally, some other adjectives that fit the pattern, but would be more of a stretch to turn into a story include: indisputable, indelible, indifferent, independent, undeniable, indirect, indistinct, indolent, endured* (or enduring), indecisive, indelicate, indescribable, underdressed, overdone, indebted, indecisive, indecipherable, indicative*, indisposed, induced (or inducing), indubitable, indistinguishable, interdependent

Good luck & happy writing!

*Note: Some of these actually don't quite fit the pattern, but they sound enough like they do to stretch it.

Hotspur
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#19 | Posted: 19 Apr 2022 10:41
Meitneria

Wow, that's certainly given me something to think about. If I can't find a suitable title from those suggestions I should give up writing all together. Many thanks for giving this so much thought and I'm sure that I'll be able to produce something along those lines in due course.

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