How Do You Come Up With Your Titles?

So, this is usually the biggest problem I face - COMING UP WITH THE TITLE.

I'm not the only one am I right? So hopefully, people do join in this discussion. How do you come up with your titles? Any tips or steps you follow? Or do you actually start from the title? And if you could, how would you title the description below?

"In the current society, in the midst of all of us, there are humans that ain't humans. They are actually highly intelligent robots programmed to act and look like us. These artificial AI are usually used by bigger corporations, whether it's as surveillance cameras or as a tool for committing crimes. A small team had been formed secretly with the same agenda - to take revenge and to bring the corrupted corporation down. Nayeon happened to stumble upon their hideout and since then, she got dragged into this whole mess or the underground war."

of course, there're no obligations for you to help think of a title for me. HAHAHA.

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SkyeButterfly #1 Sep 20, 2018 02:04:25

For me, (good) titles are hard to come up with--especially since I think they should always be made to reference something later in the story--whether it be a theme, moral, character, etc.
For example, naming a story "The Bad Girl" when the description is "OCName likes parties and BiasName likes libraries. When the two meet in detention, sparks fly" or something along the lines, the title becomes a lot more cliche and uninteresting. Even if the story itself had a plot that was cliche, the title should at least try to be different.
Fahrenheit 451, for example, could have had a cliche name such as "Burning Books" but it was instead named Fahrenheit 451 in reference to the temperature books burned.
So, in my opinion, I think that a lot of good titles come from little references and quirks found within the story. It's always nice to be reading a story, wondering why the title is why it is, and then having an a-ha moment LOL.

For your story, I don't know much about it, but perhaps "Inhumane" could work. If you take out the "underground war" part of your description, you could title the story "The Underground War." Or possibly "False Identities"--in reference to "humans that aren't humans."

Your story sounds very interesting, by the way! I'm planning to write a scifi story with androids soon too. Good luck!