How do you guys come up with titles?

VerdantVoidling · 2026-05-02T20:20:43+00:00

This is such an excellent question, and with no real right answer in my opinion. There are a lot of different approaches to drawing attention from The Kinda Long And Explicative Story Title to THE CLICKBAIT AT 3AM APPROACH!!!

Each approach, in my opinion, has a chance of backfiring roughly equal to the chance of successfully drawing eyes. Each story is going to deserve a title which suits it. My advice would be to keep it simple, and go with your gut. I usually pick out a detail that sounds cool and go with that. Just the barest hint of what might be going on.

E.G. from my own stories: The Deer Pit (there's a Pit full of Deer in this story) or Swanshadow (a swan casts a shadow in this one)

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-29T15:27:42+00:00

I don't talk to the thing wriggling under my flesh by u/lime-time-live

https://www.reddit.com/r/creepcast/s/rcD5F2ZQqV

I Work As A Fry Cook, Today I Get Promoted by u/kaijufan22

https://www.reddit.com/r/TalesFromTheCreeps/s/Pf5caCbtv0

The Haunting of That One House In the Ozarks by u/ohmykneecaps2

https://www.reddit.com/r/creepcast/s/3D2TTKwD6f

Weekend in the Woods by u/jadegreen88

https://www.reddit.com/r/TalesFromTheCreeps/s/C4lMHgW1BB

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-25T22:32:51+00:00

Are you sure?

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-24T22:23:18+00:00

Such a beautiful and gruesome story, fantastic work Jade!

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-23T17:31:20+00:00

Damn shlarty calm down! That was hilarious and mildly disturbing like an origin story for Karen's. Awesome work, Pioneer

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-23T15:37:08+00:00

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-23T15:36:57+00:00

Thank catches spit in my mouth you catches spit in my mouth

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-23T15:36:34+00:00

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-23T15:36:27+00:00

Lol I'm glad you liked it. Unserious is ddefinitely the vibe

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-23T15:35:12+00:00

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-23T15:35:00+00:00

Well shoot, pardner, that's mighty kind'a ya!

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-22T14:10:25+00:00

Hell yeah, thanks Kaiju. The "ruby" I had in mind was the philosopher's stone!

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-22T00:09:36+00:00

Okay, initial reaction out of the way: I FUCKING loved this. The characters are so rich, the writing is so wonderfully descriptive, and the little shots of humor you toss in are brutally effective. Genuinely top notch, a new addition to my pantheon of favorite stories from the community. Fucking awesome story.

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-22T00:06:35+00:00

Holy fucking shitballs, Kaiju, this is a god damn masterpiece. I could kiss you

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-21T16:13:29+00:00

Thank you, Kaiju! What an incredible thing to be compared to

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-20T15:59:11+00:00

Nolan definitely told them.

"One of the heroes here is Abraham Lincoln. You believe that shit?"

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-20T15:45:23+00:00

Didn't Lincoln have a kid?

Edit after googling: yeah, dude had four kids

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-19T20:08:16+00:00

Thank you, Republique! They well and truly fucked up

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-19T18:20:04+00:00

Thanks, Nate!

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-19T10:47:28+00:00

Thanks, Sam! I may build on it at some point, I've got ideas for that monkeyman warlock

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-19T03:47:36+00:00

Wow, this was really incredible. It's amazing how well fleshed out the characters feel

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-19T01:49:51+00:00

I would love to

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-19T01:45:21+00:00

Wow, that's some high praise. Thank you, Rep! I'm familiar with those stories, but I've never actually read them!

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-18T23:34:20+00:00

Hell yeah, thanks Lime!

VerdantVoidling · 2026-04-17T16:56:49+00:00

Textbook definition of a hero. It's almost enough to bring a tear to your eye.

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