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Hollee,
Yeah, grab 'em by the throat and yank them in, hehe!
posted by
Julia.
on October 26, 2004 at 9:25 AM
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Quirkaroni - headlines are tough - they have to grab the reader.
Nice post.
posted by
Hollee
on October 26, 2004 at 5:25 AM
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beachbelle,
I agree, it would be a difficult task to write those headlines in 10 minutes.
posted by
Julia.
on October 25, 2004 at 9:19 PM
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Tap,
Then I am honored and pleased to get your comment, as I know what a compliment it is!!
posted by
Julia.
on October 25, 2004 at 9:17 PM
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word.smith,
I usually have a working title while I write the post, but 9 times out of 10, I change it when I am finished writing the post. It has to evolve with the direction of the post.
posted by
Julia.
on October 25, 2004 at 9:05 PM
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MerryA,
You know what? It's just as easy to write a good headline that relates to the post as it is to write a trick-click headline.
posted by
Julia.
on October 25, 2004 at 9:03 PM
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jems,
it's said that headline writing is an art form.
posted by
Julia.
on October 25, 2004 at 9:02 PM
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When I wrote headlines professionally, the turnaround was very rapid
and so I couldn't leave it for a day. Sometimes I would have 10-20 mins to headline an op-ed feature. This is far from easy because you have to appreciate many things - the function of the story and why it is being written at this moment and you have to know what has been written before.
The nuances are not always easy to understand.
The crazy headlines don't do it for me like they do other people here but that's because the headlines I wrote for all those years had to convey what was in the story. I have written tabloid headlines but I am a broadsheet kind of reader and writer I guess. There are fewer of us about but nevertheless enough of us to make it worthwhile. It does not have mass appeal but if I went down that path I would be putting something in the shop window that the shop does not stock.
posted by
beachbelle
on October 25, 2004 at 5:05 PM
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Good post here, Quirky - I read it all. But, there are many posts I click
on because of the title and never read more than a little of it before I click off because not that great. I only leave comments on the posts that have good insides (like this one).
posted by
TAPS.
on October 25, 2004 at 4:34 PM
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It's always interesting for me to read how..
others come up with their headline. Usually, I write the stuff first and make the title have something to do with it, unless of course I come up with a brilliant title and then write around it.
posted by
word.smith
on October 25, 2004 at 1:14 PM
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Hi Quirky,
I agree with you. A lot of times here and when I'm reading the newspaper I'll only read the articles that have a great headline, I just don't have time to ready everything, so someone has to get my attention to get me to read. I've been working on the headline thing a bit myself. But I want to be fair too and make sure the headline relates to the content.
posted by
MerryAnne
on October 25, 2004 at 1:10 PM
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This is the same reason . . .
. . . some newspapers employ people simply to write the headlines and never use the headlines their reporters come up with.
posted by
Jemmie211
on October 25, 2004 at 12:33 PM
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Hi Scoop,
I agree. Certainly one must follow a brilliant headline with brilliant words, or you'll lose the reader just the same. And if the intent of a brilliant headline (on Blogit) is not to just "get their click by any means" but to actually get people to read the post, then the first paragraph is just as important.
posted by
Julia.
on October 25, 2004 at 10:22 AM
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This one caught my eye
I think the headline is important but sometimes I have trouble coming up with the right one and when I read other blogs you better keep me interested also in the first paragraph or I am gone.
posted by
scoop
on October 25, 2004 at 10:16 AM
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thanks Sassy!
Yes, the headlline has to hook me as well. If I see a post by someone on my fave's list but the headline doesn't pique my curiosity, I usually don't click.
posted by
Julia.
on October 25, 2004 at 10:08 AM
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Great post QA
This is exactly what I try and say, but nobody wants to hear it. I choose most of what I read by the headline, and not necessarily by the blogger at all. There are too many good writers on Blogit to just stick by a few bloggers. I want to read everyone, but the headline better catch my eye first!
posted by
Sherri_G
on October 25, 2004 at 10:01 AM
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