DiscoverParaphrasis PodcastBonus: Damion Searls on titles and verbs
Bonus: Damion Searls on titles and verbs

Bonus: Damion Searls on titles and verbs

Update: 2025-05-18
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Why do German nouns seem to bristle with energy while English ones feel flat? And how did he land on Overstaying—a title that’s as pushy and off-kilter as the novel itself? Damion takes us behind the decision to swap a dense German noun for a lopsided English gerund.



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Bonus: Damion Searls on titles and verbs

Bonus: Damion Searls on titles and verbs

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