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Headline Writing 101

Lesson #1: Don’t scare the hell out of your audience with a poor choice of words.

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1
Kyle writes:

That’s awesome. Just plain awesome.

2
Ryan Berg writes:

I read that headline earlier today, I thought, “Uh oh, what now?” After reading the blurb underneath, I just had to scratch my head and wonder who approved that choice of words for the headline.

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Rod H writes:

On the bright side a headline like this should definitely bring some change. I would think.

4

You’re just giving away the fact that you haven’t been following the story ;-)

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Don writes:

Headlines should never assume anything … for instance here it assumes intellingence of a politician … which has been compromised for years probably. You all assumed it had something to do with the article below, but maybe it is a statement of fact?

6

Headline writing is important in general… even in the blogosphere. How often do page titles come nowhere near to reflecting the actual content of the page; all in the name of some witty double entendre. In fact, I felt this article was going to be about headline writing. Alas, I was disappointed. Albeit a little amused. :)

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Doctor writes:

On the bright side a headline like this should definitely bring some change. I would think.

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