Hi everyone! For a little while now I've been thinking about starting my own blog feature to not only add more variety to my posts here, but also give you all a chance to get involved. And so, I introduce you to 'Title Tangents'!
How The Idea Came About
Going through my old boxes of school things for storage, I came across some old exercise books from primary school. Each week with our 'spelling words' we had to choose a certain number and use them to include in a paragraph. Well, instead of making this 'homework', I thought why not take a bookish spin on it and inspire some more creativity!
How It Works
- Every two weeks there will be a list of 5-10 books whose titles you have to somehow integrate into a paragraph of ~ 200 words. This is just a rough guide, if you are a little under/over it's up to you :) (I don't think anyone is going to be sitting there counting the words on the screen, and definitely not me!)
- Highlight/use a different coloured font for the titles
- The fun thing is, it can be as whimsical or realistic, serious or downright hilarious - the situations those titles find themselves have endless possibilities. The characters, settings, and whether there's dialogue or not are entirely your choices
- Take a screenshot/type up your paragraph
- Link back to Genie In A Book with the blog banner on your post
- There will be an optional theme each week, such as book titles from a particular genre, author, series etc. which I'll put to a vote
This Week's Selection
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This is really interesting!! =D
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you think so!
DeleteThis was so much fun! I just wrote my own post and have it scheduled for tomorrow. Thanks for hosting this, Eugenia! I love the idea and I love the paragraph you wrote!
ReplyDeleteAlly @ The Scribbling Sprite
I loved your post Ally, thanks for participating!
DeleteTHIS IS SO COOL!! I love it. And it reminds me that I should really bring loony blurbs back one of these days...
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to come up with my paragraph :)
Yes you should - I do miss Loony Blurbs!
DeleteThis is brilliant idea, utterly brilliant!I'm definitely going to be participating.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rachel :)
DeleteOoh, LOVE the concept! SO unique! I struggle horrendously at coming up with new features, and this is fantastic. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Kara - it took a lot of brainstorming but I'm glad I got there!
DeleteLove this idea :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Sarah :)
DeleteSounds like a fun and unique concept Genie, it would definitely be challenging and you did so well!
ReplyDeleteWhy thank you Jeann! :)
DeleteSo so in love with this idea! And the result was mesmerizing - I hung on to every word <3
ReplyDelete~ Booknut101 @ 21st Century Once Upon A Times
Wow, thanks Booknut glad you enjoyed it :)
DeleteAhh this is SUCH a good idea!! And I love what you came up with...it's nearly poetic, omg. Good on you for starting something this awesome. :D
ReplyDeleteComing from you, that's a big compliment! Thanks Cait :)
DeleteThis is so creative and you did an excellent job with it <3 I hope you'll do a scifi or fantasy next, if only because those titles would be quite the challenge XD
ReplyDeleteGood to hear you liked it Aentee :)
DeleteOh my gosh this is such an awesome idea! YAY I'm glad you know about 738 Days, doesn't it sound great??
ReplyDeleteRachel @ A Perfection Called Books
It does sound great - I definitely must read it one day :)
DeleteHey! Just wanted to let you know that I loved this idea so much, I went ahead and did it on my own blog even though it was originally linked up almost a year ago, lol. Thanks for the cool post idea! :)
ReplyDeleteAlexa
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Thanks for sharing this with me Alexa! I'll be re-launching it here soon :)
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