Sometimes I wonder how different my life might have been if I had written a book entitled The Lights Of Midlothian.
Sometimes I wonder how different my life might have been if I had written a book entitled The House On Wyncote Road.
Sometimes I wonder why my brain would provide me with book titles without also providing me with material to put between the covers.
But no, nada, zilch, nothing.
As Yul Brynner said when he portrayed the king of Siam in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King And I, "Is a puzzlement!"
I may be wrong, people, but I think the more normal way an author writes is to begin describing a person or a place or an action, let it develop, and not come up with an appropriate title until somewhat later in the process.
But that's just me.
So here's my question for today: If you wanted to write a book based on something important but you can't quite put your finger on it and don't have the slightest idea where to begin or what to say, what would its title to be?
"What does the Bible say about Architecture?"
ReplyDeleteI figure that gives me room to talk about pretty much anything.
The House on Wyncote Road sounds good. Was Wyncote Road an address of yours?
Interesting! I thought immediately of Psalm 127:1 (“Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it “) and of all the instructions for the building of the Tabernacle and the Temple.
DeleteWyncote Road was my mother’s family’s address when she was young.