• Choose two, three, or four words from below to create a phrase. Some combinations will be pure nonsense, others might suggest an emotion or idea.
• Narrow down a title that’s too big by adding smaller words like ‘because, but, so, if, when, just, if only, maybe, almost’ or other similar words before the title phrase. This may give you something more specific and potent to say.
• Every now and then, review your list of titles. Take five minutes to imagine a concept from a title.

From Keppie Coutts: Why is “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” such a captivating title? Because it fuses an action, slow dancing, with an unexpected setting, a burning room.

This device, “familiar action + surprising context”, is a goldmine for titles.

• Pulling weeds in the middle of the night
• Waking up on a roller coaster
• Brewing coffee on the moon