The book I finished is currently titled The Body at the Bottom of the Bottle. It works for reasons I will explain after Chapter Two has been up for 24 hrs. And while I like it, it doesn't work as a title.
The bar in the book is currently names Marlowe's. But it's based largely on Freddy's Bar and Backroom in Brooklyn.
I'd like to change the name of the bar to Freddy's.
I'd like to change the name of the novel to Bottom of the Bottle - or Body in the Bottle. These make less sense - UNLESS even though the bar's name is Freddy's, it's KNOW as The Bottle because of a prominent beer bottle sign or neon sign.
Thoughts?
well i like it.
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ReplyDeleteword associations are so interesting. i feel that Marlowe's has a very old, established feel to it. My brain is fighting against Freddy's only because we have a new family-oriented restaurant where I live with the same name. i guess I need to get to Brooklyn!
ReplyDeleteAs for the title, I feel like I can't comment until I've read the entire novel. But to be honest, I'm leaning toward Bottom of the Bottle because i like the ambiguity. it could refer to drunkenness, hitting rock bottom, or something to retrieve from the bottle. Body in the Bottle gives me a very strong visual of a body that doesn't fit in the space it's enclosed in, so that can work too, but for me it's not eerie, it conjures up more of a cartoonish image. i don't know if that makes sense, this as all just reporting how my brain responds.