A while back I covered 58 Hardy Boys Titles that Compel Readers, so today I’d like to follow up that post with 56 Nancy Drew Titles that Compel Readers.
Titles have always been a major part of storytelling – it’s the first chance you have as the storyteller to hook your audience. Without a compelling title, audiences, readers, and listeners will mostly likely move on to something that does tickle their fancy.

My girlfriend, K, recently organized our library of books (in true ex-barnes and noble employee style) that we keep in two, ceiling-high bookshelves – it was a nice surprise to be able to see what we owned again!
One such book I found was The Hidden Harbor Mystery (Hardy Boys, Book 14)

I flipped through it and realized why I wanted it in the first place: the compelling title! Don’t get me wrong; the Hardy Boys series are exciting and original classics, but I’m more interested in taking a look at one …

Every screenwriter has heard the stories about the dreaded readers who don’t read beyond page 10 of your screenplay, who skim the dialogue of the script and create a summary based on the information spoken, and who never consider anything they read. Though I didn’t do these things personally (mostly out of fear of being caught or asked something I didn’t know when talking with a producer or writer), I feel they’re very much alive and kicking in Hollywood.
I’m not here to talk about how to avoid or go around …