Spark: It’s about creating something from nothing. Let’s create a subtitle, shall we?

“Spark” is the title. How’s that subtitle coming along?

It’s the “deeper message” the book is offering. It’s important. We want to get it right. It should resonate with the reader, the author, the content. It should be just the right number of words, hint at the benefit of the book while not giving it all away, and pull the reader in to read Chapter 1.

Oh, is that all?

Spark: Let’s create a subtitle, shall we?

Just like the book and its message, we need to get started and work through it.

Current (Nov. 2018) subtitle: How to write a book with your kids–and why you should.

I’m going to whip through as many as I can without editing … GO!

It can be better. Here goes. Have a favorite? Have a new one? The book description gives you a good idea of what I’m going for (which you can read here).

Spark:

1. Ignite your child’s creativity, hold on tight, and expect only the unexpected
2. Start out small, create something together with your kids, and build a family tradition
3. Ignite your child’s creativity, fan the flames, and expect only the unexpected
4. Ignite your child’s creativity, fan the flames, sit back and enjoy the fire
5. Write a short book with your kids, ignite their creativity, and change your relationship forever
6. Write a short book with your kids, ignite their creativity, and alter your relationship forever
7. Write a short book with your kids, finish it, and thank me in ten years
8. Write a short book with your kids, help them finish it, and they’ll thank you in ten years
9. Write a short book with your kids, finish it, and they’ll thank you in ten years
10. Look at your child. Close your eyes. Open them. 10 years have passed. What do you remember most?
11. 10 years from now, you’ll look back on the project you did with your kids and weep with joy that you did it.
12. How to write a book with your kids–and why you must
13. Step 1: Write a book together with your kids. Step 2: There is no Step 2.
14. Step 1: Write a book together with your kids. Step 2: Wait. Really? You did Step 1?
15. We’re going to do that thing today, together with your kids, that you’re going to thank yourself for later.
16. Create something with your kids, get it done, relish in your accomplishment
17. How to write a book with your kids … and why you should
18. You know those special memories you build with kids? This will be one of them.
19. You know those special memories parents build with kids? This will be one of them.
20. You know those special memories parents build with kids and then tears well up in their eyes? This will be one of them.
21. You know those special memories you build with your kids? This is how to make that happen.
22. Those special memories you experience with your kids? This is the instruction manual.
23. Those special memories you experience with your kids? This is the workbook.
24. Instruction manual to create a special bond between parent and child.
25. Instruction manual to form a special bond between parent and child.
26. Instruction manual to ignite a special bond between parent and child.
27. Instruction manual to ignite creativity in your kids.
28. How to write a book with your kids, finish it, and bask in the glory the rest of your life
29. Light the wick, close your ears, and watch your child’s creativity explode
30. Light the wick, open your ears, and watch your child’s creativity explode
31. 10 years from now, would you like to look back at those “special moments” with your child? Here’s how.
32. You’re at a dinner party and someone asks you what you’ve been up to. This book will answer that question.
33. Exactly 12 years from now, you’re going to remember how this book changed the relationship you had with your children
34. Exactly 12 years from now, you’re going to remember how this book changed the relationship you had with your kids
35. Recipe for Parent-Child Memory: (1) Parent, (2) Child, (3) This book.
36. Recipe for “Sweet Parent Child Soup” (1) Dollop of parent, (2) Spark of child, (3) This book.
37. Recipe for “Family Memory Soup” (1) Dollop of parent, (2) Spark of child, (3) This book.
38. You know when other parents talk about some great experience they had with their kids? Now you have one.
39. Ingredients for “Unexpected Soup” (1) Splash of Parent, (2) Spark of Child, (3) Tortilla Chips, (4) This Book. Stir.
40. (1) Write book with kids. (2) Wait 10 years. (3) Thank yourself for taking action.
41. (1) Write book with kids. (2) Wait 10 years. (3) Present you thanks past you.
42. You want to create memories with your kids. I get it. I did too. Then I did. Here’s how.
43. I wrote a book together with my kids and it changed my life–and our relationship–forever. Here’s how.
44. I wrote a book together with my kids and it changed my life–and our relationship–forever. Here’s our story.
45. I wrote a short book with my kids. It changed my relationship with my kids forever.
46. It was either (1) order another pizza or (2) write a book together. We chose #2. Here’s what happened.
47. My kids and I wrote a book together. Here’s what happened.
48. I got my 10-year-old son to sit in front of a microphone and narrate the chapter he wrote. Here’s our story.
49. Time Capsule: Create something. Hold onto it. Revel in it.
50. What does our future self most want our present self to create? Memories.
51. What does our future self most want our present self to create? Memories. Here’s how.
52. What does our future self most want our present self to create together with our kids? Memories. This is the instruction manual.
53. You know you should do a project with your kids. You should also eat more kale. Here’s how to do that first thing.
54. Start a project with your kids. Finish it. Celebrate.
55. That warm and fuzzy feeling with your kids? Here’s how to hold onto it.
56. Memories are something we can create that no one can take away. Here’s how to create them.
57. We can create memories and no one can take them away. Here’s how to create them.
58. Your child will only be young once. Let’s make some memories together.
59. You could change the channel and order more pizza. Or we could start a project with the kids. Your choice.
60. What can we create that no one can take away? Memories. Let’s create some.
61. Your child will have fun, your teenager won’t care, and your future self will thank you.
62. Your child will have fun, your teenager won’t remember, and you will thank yourself forever.
63. [Now June 2019. More subtitles below.]
64. Ignite your family’s untapped creativity and form a special bond to cherish forever
65. Ignite your child’s untapped creativity and form a special bond to cherish forever
66. Ignite your family’s untapped creativity and discover a special bond to enjoy forever
67. ???

Update: September 2020 w/o “book” and children in title

1. Ignite the original power in someone else by co-creating something from nothing together
2. There’s only one thing more powerful than creating: co-creating
3. Ignite the potential in someone else by co-creating together
4. Ignite the potential in someone else by co-creating together and build your future staring today
5. Ignite the potential in someone else by co-creating together and experience how 1 + 1 = 3
6. Ignite the creative fire in your child by creating together and pave a stepping stone in your new future
7. You could do a project with your kids. You could also eat more kale. Here’s how to do that first thing.
8. Ignite their potential through collaboration
9. Ignite their potential through working together on a project
10. Trigger
11. Ignite relationship through collaboration
12. Initiate action through … a partnership (?)
13. Initiate the spark
14. Spark the initiate in someone else
15. Better together
16. We’re better together
17. Ignite initiative. We’re better together. 
18. Ooh, I like #17. 🙂
19. Ignite initiative. We’re better together. How to Create Memories, Build a Relationship With Your Kids, and Write a Short Book Together
20. How to Create Memories, Build a Lasting Relationship With Your Kids, and Write a Short Book Together
21. How to Build an Extraordinary Relationship With Your Kids, Create Timeless Memories, and Write a Short Book Together
22. How to Write a Short Book Together With Your Kids, Create Timeless Memories, and Build an Extraordinary Relationship
23. How to Write a Short Story Together With Your Kids, Create Timeless Memories, and Ignite a New Relationship