{"id":"3972","date":"2020-08-05T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickfu.com\/blog\/?p=3972"},"modified":"2020-07-23T15:39:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T22:39:06","slug":"self-help-books-with-swear-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.pickfu.com\/self-help-books-with-swear-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Which One Won? Self-help books with swear words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lately, self-help books with swear words have become their own genre. Some people love a good expletive. Others find them vulgar and unfit for genteel society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But let’s admit it: we’ve probably all cursed before. Do we want to see swear words in book titles, though?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One PickFu user <\/g>tested<\/g> this very question<\/a> for a book about losing weight without a diet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Option A reads, “Fuck Diets. Discover the 4 Ridiculously Simple Habits to Effectively Stop Your Body From Storing Fat and Look Fabulous.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Option B says, “You Look Fabulous! Discover The New 4-Habit Secret To Painlessly Get The Body Of Your Dreams Even When You’re Over Diets.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you guess which one won?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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And the winner is…the F-bomb option, also known as Option A. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s find out why respondents didn’t mind the colorful word.<\/p>\n\n\n

Blunt honesty is appreciated<\/h2>\n\n\n

Several respondents loved the refreshingly unapologetic title in Option A. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Diets are the worst and this title reflects that,” said one respondent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another added, “The vulgarity of Option A is jarring in a way that people who have issues with their weight will want to check this book out….<\/g> Just reading the first two words of it, I think, ‘I know, right?!'”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She’s so right. If you have ever tried dieting, you’ve probably uttered an expletive about how horrible it was at some point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe at the beginning, when you craved the thing your diet forbade you from eating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or maybe at the end, when after one glorious yet guilt-laced cheat day (or week), you gained back all the weight you’d lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Far from alienating readers, the blunt title welcomes everyone into a diet-hating club. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And who wouldn’t want to join?<\/p>\n\n\n

Avoid clich\u00e9s<\/h2>\n\n\n

For many respondents, Option B made their eyes roll. The title echoed the millions of self-help books about weight<\/g> loss that have already hit shelves, and respondents weren’t having it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One said, “Option B just sounds like a very generic self-help book that we’ve all seen on a bookshelf. Option A sounds like a real person wrote it about real things.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another pointed out something that all authors should keep in mind when choosing a book title<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“[Option A’s] title sticks out from every other dieting book! Since there are so many of these types of books out there, it’s super important to have a title that is unique, catches people’s eye\/ear, and that people are going to talk about.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have to use an expletive to stand out from the crowd, so be it. But make sure it works. In the case of this book about how not <\/em>to diet, it works because everyone can relate to the point it’s making. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You wouldn’t, for example, throw an F-bomb into the title for a book about puppies<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n

Key takeaways: Self-help books with swear words<\/h2>\n\n\n

These days, people don’t want empty promises framed in predictable words. They want raw, real honesty. If you’re writing a self-help book, know that readers want to relate to you from the moment they scan the title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your goal, then, is to make your title honest, refreshing, and attention-grabbing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you need help coming up with title ideas, test a few variants on PickFu<\/a> with readers and see which one they like best. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And don’t be afraid to slip a nice curse word in there to see what respondents think!<\/p>\n","protected":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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