Stop stupidly doing that stupid thing where the title stupidly goes
The Other Gilbert
The Other Salvatore
The Other Original
The Other Mikaelson
The Other Hybrid
The Other Petrova
The Other Doppelgänger
The Other Lockwood
The Salvatore Sister
The Gilbert Sister
Elena's Twin Sister [really? no creative backbone at all? not even five minutes to google a title generator website? not even that?]
Little Sister
The Lockwood Sister
The Petrova Sister
Baby Gilbert
Baby Lockwood
Baby Mikaelson
Youngest Gilbert
Youngest Salvatore
Youngest Mikaelson
Gilbert Girl
please avoid the following keywords:
Other
Sister
Youngest
Girl
Or else.
or just the title being Enter-Pretentious-and-over-the-top-or-incredibly-basic-name-here Gilbert/Salvatore/Mikaelson. You can literally play a game with any random name and spin the wheel on either three names and you'll get an actual book on Wattpad.
These titles aren't original (pun not intended but appreciated) and they don't draw your reader in to check your book out, most likely just flip through the next one cuz the readers are gonna be like:
Now, we also gotta stop with the song title titles. That only works if the song itself can actually be compared with what you're trying to write.
Otherwise, it's just another 4 chapters long book called Gasoline about a Gilbert twin who falls for Stefan and is by far the dullest cardboard cut out of Katherine Pierce where the only piece of information you have for the description (you know the thing that's supposed to intrigue us to click on your book) to go like this:
"Are you insane like me?
Been in pain like me?"
in which not-elena gilbert meets a strapping handsome man with a penchant for blood
there, that's it, i have just created a gilbert fic that has been reused more times than people have gone to see Endgame
or how about one of these:
"Some legends are told
Some turn to dust or to gold
But you will remember me
Remember me, for centuries"
where the youngest salvatore crosses paths with the original hybrid
i mean, come on guys, we've all read or seen these
I know that titling something isn't the easiest thing in the world, but it will come to you, sometimes it's obvious, other times it takes weeks but it's always worth it.
Just, try and figure out what the book means to you or what it means in general.
Try any means necessary, from title generator websites to binging on your favorite songs to see if it can relate to your story, or a simple quote or phrase you love, just something
but by no means, can the title be the OC's name
that's just friggin' lazy (especially if their name is over the top and way too extra)
and it's okay if you include a quote or a song lyric in your description, but don't let that be the only thing you write (also, yes, im a hypocrite, i did it once in a book description, and it's a book im not very proud of anyway)
you really wanna be a writer? go find any paperback or hardcover book you have in your room whether it be Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, The Mortal Instruments, The Kane Chronicles, The Divergent series, Hunger Games, Heroes of Olympus, even a YouTuber's published book, anything, and check the back for the summary.
Writers have to write a description for whatever the hell they're publishing.
So right now is the perfect time to practice if it doesn't come easy to you. Time is a gift, use it.
Don't half-ass your titles and don't half-ass your descriptions.