Autobiography titles for students
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Your memoir is the story of your life, complete with all its twists, turns, ups, downs, surprises, and triumphs. It’s an important book, both to you personally and to the friends and family who will read it in the years to come.
To celebrate the launch of the BookMaker - our unique in-house platform that we use to create all of our personalized biographies - we are opening up a free version of our questionnaire and book Cover Creator tool so that you can have a start on putting your story together.
That’s why it’s smart to spend some time thinking about the first things a reader will see when they pick up your book: the title and cover photo.
These two things together should sum up your story, while also inviting the reader to open the cover and dive into the narrative of your life. That’s no small job! So how can you go about selecting the perfect title and photograph to present your book to the world?
Your Title
Whether your memoir is 5,000 words or 50,000, the title has to encapsulate it all. Here are some tips for making that happen:
Keep It Simple
It’s tempt
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50 Eye-Catching Autobiography Titles (+ How to Write Your Own)
You’ve written your life story.
You’ve laid your heart bare before the world
So, what’s the best title for your one-of-a-kind masterpiece?
“____________: An Autobiography”?
Nooo!
Seriously, unless you’re a household name, using “autobiography” as part of your title might not work in your favor, but not to worry. You don’t have to be famous to write an autobiography, but you do need a title that will grab a buyer’s attention, so they know your book is worth a second look.
The purpose of this article is to break down what makes a standout autobiography title and the process for creating your own.
The secret sauce for writing an amazing book title
The process of creating an autobiography book title that gets noticed starts with a marketer’s mindset.
Yes, it all boils down to strategic book positioning in the marketplace. Creativity is a big part of it, but that’s a small part of the bigger picture. After all, if your book doesn’t get in front of the people
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#BLOGanuary (a month of blogging) question for January 30, 2023.
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What would you title the chapters of your autobiography?
At first, I thought, that is just TOO hard.
I don’t WANT to write an autobiography or even a memoir.
(Although a friend in my writer’s group has been encouraging us to do just that. “Everyone has a story!” she urges. And yes, she wrote her own life’s story, wonderfully illustrated, titled – A SCRAPBOOK LIFE.)
OK, I tell myself, I’ll write down just 10 chapter headings and be done.
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THIS is what I came up with….
Chapter — Title
- A Sister!
- Hanging By a Head
- The Bobby Pin
- The Long Trek
- Trailor Park Life
- Daddy’s Demise
- Rude Awakening
- An Auto Repair Shop
- The Lone Ranger
- Joe Boysen
- The Gunsmith
- Church Camp Decision
- Nancy’s House
- Locker Combinations
- The 3-Mile Walk
- Pimples and Fat
- Denny Murphy
- The Evil Out There
- Double Dating
- A 12th-Grade Diamond
- Dr Dentist
- Hollywood Firsts
- No Valentine’s Day
- Miramar Reality
- Cats and Cooking Disasters
- Baby Mine
- Hot Rods First
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