{"id":1441347,"date":"2019-10-17T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/?p=1441347"},"modified":"2019-10-17T09:57:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T13:57:24","slug":"shakespeare-quotes-that-would-make-hilarious-titles-for-your-memoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/shakespeare-quotes-that-would-make-hilarious-titles-for-your-memoir\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare Quotes That Would Make Hilarious Titles for Your Memoir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/101719memoirbookMAIN_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m thinking about writing a memoir. No, I haven&#8217;t done anything of note, recently or ever, but that doesn&#8217;t stop me from thinking about what I would call said memoir (<em>Whoops, My Bad: An Autobiography<\/em>) and how it would be received by the critics (extremely poorly).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m alone in this. We all have stories to tell. But if you want your book to sell, you&#8217;ve got to have a fantastic title. And to do that, you have to pull from Shakespeare. No, really. That&#8217;s where the money is. Look at <em>Infinite Jest, Brave New World<\/em>, and <em>The Fault in Our Stars<\/em>. They all got their names from Shakespeare quotes, and they all made at least a handful of money, I&#8217;m guessing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But how are you supposed to title your memoir something that&#8217;s both relatable <em>and <\/em>Shakespearean? Try these on for size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m thinking about writing a memoir. No, I haven&#8217;t done anything of note, recently or ever, but that doesn&#8217;t stop me from thinking about what I would call said memoir (Whoops, My Bad: An Autobiography)   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[20046,25017,248,22849,8561],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441347"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1441347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1441348,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441347\/revisions\/1441348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1441347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1441347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1441347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}