Hello, readers!
How would you feel about a title like “You. Won’t. Make It. Or the Methodology of Building a Spaceship.”?
Would this hard sci-fi idea catch your attention?
Would you reach for the book on a store shelf, or buy a ticket for the movie — just from the title alone?
No synopsis, no extra info — maybe just a friend saying, “Buy it” or “Go watch it.”
Any thoughts or feedback are welcome :)
Thanks for reading!
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Hi, Ethan Kane. "You. Won’t. Make It." caught my attention. "Methodology of Building a Spaceship" too. I would reach for the books on a store shelf and read the back covers from the titles alone. I wouldn't buy tickets until I found out more about the movies.
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Maurice Vaughan Thank you for your comment. I’m doing everything I can to make my story appeal to even the most demanding hard sci-fi reader or viewer.
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You're welcome, Ethan Kane. That's great. A title is a way to make a story appeal. The concept, characters, and story world are too. And I wouldn't buy a book or movie ticket based off the title no matter what book/movie it was, so it's not just your project.
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This was very helpful for me to read. Just by reading the title, "You Wont Make It" was intriguing to me, and 1 and a half years ago, I submitted 2 screenplays to an exec through Stage 32 and I was passed on. I did not let that slow me down. I decided to try something new and that was to do voice acting on my YouTube channel. Ever since the last 3 weeks, I have had more than 140,000 new views on YouTube and I told myself that I will never give up on my dreams. I have grown my YouTube views from 0 views which was started December 8th, 2019 and today I have reached 437,760 life time views. Moral of this true life story of mine, never give up on what Truely matters to you who is the author of your art. I started my YouTube channel to inspire others so they never give up on their dreams.
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I think it sounds quite intriguing. And for some reason I remember "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" mixed with "Star Trek". So I would definitely watch it, intrigued by the title.
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Evokes school/work fears.
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Years ago I performed a statistical analyzis of keywords at IMDb (as a scientist I am used to use statistics). That title would be a bad choice. Use normal grammar. For example, you can use a sentecne spoken by a character in the script. Perhaps you should choose "You can't build that spaceship" because then the audience will ask itself if the person will be able to build the spaceship or not.
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Göran Johansson, The first phrase in the title is spoken out loud within the first ten pages, while the second phrase reflects the essence of the first part of the plot. It’s not about the title itself — the question is, would YOU pay attention to such a title?
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In that case I suggest " You won’t make It. " because "You. Won’t. Make It." is poor grammar. A good rule of thumb is that titles should sound well both when one reads them and when one says them. No, I don't like to be a besserwisser, but I try to be honest, even if it sometimes means not agreeing with others.
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The title is too long IMO. Also, oddly, numbers help...Oceans 11? Why 11? Sounds interesting. So many examples of that. The 5 elements? Why 5? How about THE NINTH SPACESHIP? Why nine? Gotta see that one...
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Dear friends, I promise I’ll come up with a better title.)) Right now, I’m working in my native language, so maybe when I translate the part with that line, I’ll find something more fitting. Your comments are the best kind of feedback. Thank you!