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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? About The Author Besides his passion for writing, Nick Vernon runs an online gift site where you will find gift information, articles and readers' funny stories. Visit http://www.we-recommend.com
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