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Podcast: Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
Episode: Episode 115 - Downer titles and words that echo poorly.
Description: Some novels--even novels that are great literature--have titles that are downers: titles that are sour and pessimistic. Here are thoughts on why we might not want to give our novels downer titles.  Also, why we should avoid words that when too close together echo poorly, creating a distracting dissonance.  And how we writers can practice.Support the showBuy the master class.