Have You Settled On First Choice When Choosing A Title?
Short Story Writing Tips -
We've established what a title should be and we've also established your title is your selling tool. So if it can make or break the sale of your story, then we'll have to agree that it is extremely important. How much emphasis have you placed when selecting a title?
I hope it was the latter - and I hope you did this?
You did do this, didn't you?
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