Title Generators Round 3

 

I found so many great title generators. I can’t keep them to myself. Check out these other generators.

I stumbled on to Sef Churchill’s generator in my search. It’s a simple title maker for romance novels. Apparently, she created the tool from a blog post about frequent words used in Steampunk novels in June 2020. She gathered “romance” words for her generator. Hit the Create Romance buttons to make a cute romantic title. Click here to check it out.

Coolgenerator has a wide variety of tools to create names for just about anything. Their story title generator allows you to pick a genre and get a list of ideas. Click the Generate button to get several titles. (You can select how many.) Don’t like them? Press the New Story Title Generator button on the bottom of the page to get more. This site has many generators for all sorts of things—names, titles, words, numbers. Then I saw Credit Cards. I do not know if this site is pirating credit cards or making fake numbers. I’ll list it here but throw out a huge caution flag!

Imagine Forest is a site for kids about exploring language. It has a cute title generator that grownups can use as well. You have to register at some point with the site, but this one lets you opt-out of spam emails. Under Resources, click on Story Title Generator. Click the Noun and Adjective buttons to get a simple title. Or press the Random button. These titles might not work for a steamy romance. But for your kids or YA books, there are some nice choices.

My last choice comes from Reedsy. Reedsy calls itself an “ecosystem” for authors and publishers. In other words, they have some stuff for authors—free and paid. I plan to do another post about the entire site in the future. Today, I’m looking at their title generator. They have multiple genres to choose from (romance, sci-fi, fantasy, crime, and mystery). You can choose from “I’m just starting” or “I’ve written the book.” I don’t think it matters because the titles are generally the same for each choice. The ones they produce are pretty good. It does toss out titles with no info about your book. I got Maybe, Probably as one choice and Cloaked Heart as another. Not too shabby!

I’m sure there are more generators available. (Psst, here’s a site with a ton!) Hopefully, these few I’ve highlighted will get you started finding the perfect title for your book. (I’m still looking for my Valentine’s Day book. I don’t know what to call it!) Anyway, happy writing.

Thanks! Ginny

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More Title Generators

 

 

The second title generator I looked at focused on character. Adazing is a marketing company that works with authors. It has a few free tools on its website, including a title creator. The site asks you to give your email to get the free services. Beware of follow-up emails (and plenty of them).

Adazing has some extras I didn’t find on other sites. When you click on their Book Title Creator, it has a list of options. Start on the left with the genre. Then in the center, answer some relevant questions about your main character. What is their profession, positive and negative character traits, goal, conflict? (Hmmm, sounds a little like Donna Dixon’s Goal Motivation and Conflict.) These are absolutely things to know about your character. It also asks about setting.

Plug in each answer and hit generate titles. It will generate a list of about ten titles. Click the heart to save anyone you like. This wasn’t working for me on Chrome. But you can copy and paste them. Don’t love any of them? Hit the Generate More Titles button and get a new list. Scroll down further to get some tips on creating fantastic titles.

The site also has more free things for authors (click the button on the top). We won’t jump into them today but check out their free templates for mockups and trailers as well as logos and bookmarks. There’s an entire list of free items on the site.

 

My third title generator was more elementary but the best so far. It comes from a fantasy name generator site. It has tons of resources to generate character and place names for all kinds of books (and D&D campaigns). The site is bursting with generators for naming whatever you might need.

The title generator allows you to select your genre. Sometimes, the titles will be a little grammatically incorrect, but you can copy/paste and edit. Don’t like your first list? Hit the Get Names button again. On the book title page, there are two check boxes at the bottom. I could not get any browser (Chrome, Firefox, or Edge) to show me what those boxes say. But they change your list if you check them.

I mentioned there are other generators on the site. The Fantasy and Folklore menu includes 105 different name generators for creatures, weres, hybrid, monsters, occupations, and more. The Real Names menu has well over 100 ethnic name generators. The Places and Locations menu has 105 setting spots to name. And these are just a few of the options on the top menu.

On other name generators, the boxes to add more details say Negative traits, Gender-neutral names, English names, or whatever goes with your category.

With this site, you’ll never need to think up names for anything for your book on your own again!

Portent Idea Generator

 

"If You Read One Article about Writer Apps, Read This One."

I’ve recently hit a wall with my latest book. I have no clue what to call it. Titles have always been an enigma. How do these authors pull these lovely titles from the ether and make their books sound amazing? It must be magic. Being a computer nerd, I hit up Google for assistance and found some great title generators. My next three posts will share a few I loved.

Portent is a digital marketing platform. Their site includes a blog, tutorials, and various marketing products. But there’s also a free title generator. (It’s like the DIY book covers we looked at earlier.) I don’t know the company well and am not endorsing their product. I am, however, all about using free stuff.

This site creates titles for marketing, specifically newsletters and blog posts rather than books. Type in the subject (a noun) of your post/newsletter. Many of the titles could be used for articles or other marketing devices (workshops, ads, blogs, etc.). The app taps into hot topics and keywords that will generate clicks. This may not work for your book title, but imagine all the clicks on your newsletter (which will totally lead to sales)!

The site allows you to save your ideas for future use. I absolutely saved the title “Why Writing is Scarier than Clowns.” That’s a gem you don’t see every day. The app also allows users to tweet their titles. The tweets include links back to Portent (because they do want to make money.)

Here’s the link to the site: https://www.portent.com/tools/title-maker/

Just type in your subject and hit Generate Idea. You can click on each word of your new title to get marketing tips. Love it? Hit save. Need another? Hit See Another Title. Want to try a new topic? Hit Change Subject. The site is easy to navigate and has some great marketing ideas. And I totally got the title for the blog post from the app.