{"id":332,"date":"2019-07-01T19:50:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T19:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/scholarlywriting\/?post_type=chapter&p=332"},"modified":"2019-10-01T17:08:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T17:08:30","slug":"creating-and-refining-a-title","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/scholarlywriting\/chapter\/creating-and-refining-a-title\/","title":{"raw":"Creating and Refining a Title","rendered":"Creating and Refining a Title"},"content":{"raw":"Most people create a title when they are done writing. The title of your paper frames what your paper is about and captures your reader\u2019s attention. Creating a good title is important because it is the first thing your reader sees<\/strong>. Your title conveys your tone to your audience. A good title is clear, concise, informative, and inviting.\r\n\r\nChoose a title based on your purpose and your audience. A title often has two parts, separated by a colon \u2013 the most important part should come first. If you are creating a title for a scientific audience, the first part might focus on your topic and the second part might focus on your methods, e.g., \u201cNurses\u2019 Experiences of Grief: A Literature Synthesis.\u201d Alternatively, if you want to use a creative or clever hook to pique your reader\u2019s curiosity, you might call your paper \u201cNine Hundred Ninety-Nine Patients: The Crisis of the Country\u2019s Wait List for Surgery.\u201d\r\n\r\nYou may have chosen a title before you started writing, but you should refine it in the final stages of writing. Make sure it says what you need it to say. Show it to a peer and ask them what they would expect the paper to be about and whether it sounds interesting.\r\n\r\nSome strategies to consider when creating a title:\r\n