The new novel is at the editors. I would like to publish it by Thursday, but you know how things go with editors.
Anyway I have a question. A poll if you would. Which do you prefer....
Should I title the book "Unreachable" or should I title it "The Unreachable"
Here is the blurb telling what the book is about to get your mouth watering.
Janice Rosenthal is entering her eighth year of teaching, but it might be her last. Never before has she had a student as unruly and insubordinate as this one. Andrew Bryant is the terror of seventh grade, a student known for driving teachers to the edge of retirement, and he is in her class.
At first, Ms. Rosenthal does everything in her power to get Andrew out of her class, but when her pleas fall on deaf ears, she has no choice but to adapt. How can see teach with such a disruptive force in the room? How can she make it through the school year when the kid thrives on the misery of others, especially hers?
Janice will do anything to make it through the year and the only thing she thinks will work is breaking through a wall that no other teacher has even scratched. When she discovers Andrew’s secret, her whole life gets turned upside down, as does his.
This book is a nice story. Has a lot of humor, has a lot of sad parts, doesn't have extreme violence, has a cameo of Mr. Pritchard from "The Adoption of Little Orphan Danny", no Gatorade bottles were hurt in the writing of this book, AND IT HAS KITTENS!!!!
Comments
title
I would go with"The Unreachable" as the title. Will be waiting to read this story when its ready.
Randi
Randi
I would go with...
I would go with "Unreachable" as "The Unreachable" sounds almost plural. To me it infers a group of people rather than an individual.
Either way, I look forward to reading the new book.
The Unreachable
I think works best. This kid has such a reputation that he deserves the THE. The royalty of Unreachable as it were. :) Sort of like calling a kid a problem, and calling him 'the' problem. Hopes that makes sense.
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Grover
The Unreachable
Many more ways it can be seen.
The Unreachable Dream
The Unreachable Goal
And so on.
Melanie E.
Definitely "The Unreachable"
Not only does it sound better, but it really appears to reflect the story line much better.
Dallas
D. Eden
Dum Vivimus, Vivamus
Strike "the"
The in a title often is related to a possession.
Andrew would then be a thing to be owned.
He is not a book, slave or problem.
You from your description, infer Janice the teacher is to reach, the UNREACHABLE goal.
And figure out his problem for mis-behaving.
Though since you posted the idea here, we can guess at one of them. :-)
Ms/Mrs Rosenthal has to get Andrew on a personal level to do that.
Andrew is a person, much like we all are, so I vote a descenting, no for "the" for the unreachable.
"Sometimes you need a little space to grow up or start over"- Me
No "the"
I would vote for "Unreachable", for the reasons that others have stated. First, it sounds like you're referring to a group with "The". (Think of Stephen King's classic "The Langoliers".) Second, "Unreachable" (to me) sounds better for a story of this type, because it's using the adjective that could be used to describe the situation. This sounds like a really good story. I've thought about exploring the hidden world of a troubled teen, but have to admit that I don't know much about how kids today talk and act in the classroom versus 40 years ago when I was in school.
Elizabeth Marie
I Vote for
"The Unreachable"
"we can turn it all around, because it's not too late, it's NEVER too late" -(never too late, Three Days Grace)
No "The"...
Unreachable by itself seems to be a characterization or description.
The Unreachable seems to be waiting for a noun to finish the phrase. (And it has the last line of The Impossible Dream running incessantly through my mind. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.)
Eric
my response
Maybe it's just that I'm burned out. I produced three major works this year and worked a job 7 days a week. Right now the motivation isn't there and I refuse to just fake it til I make it. I don't like being told I suck and I don't like being told that I should leave a part of me out of a story. It isn't all from BC... but I just need a break.
Katie Leone (Katie-Leone.com)
Writing is what you do when you put pen to paper, being an author is what you do when you bring words to life