Tips for writing headlines

A key term to headline writing is the need to be accurate. If your accurate then it gives the reader a good idea of what the article is about. The headline may be the only part that the reader will see so its important to give good, clear and concise information. The headline should also reflect the story. It should have a similar tone to the story and should make the same sort of statements the story does with out using the exact same facts in the headline. You also want to watch the punctuation and the verb usage in your headlines.

Your headlines should be like mini-stories taken away from the whole. With print this is a very easy thing to do as you can write more words in a headline than you can with online. Online headlines are different from print because they have to be more concise and written in a different manner than print. They usually do not start with the because when people use search engines it will get lost in a long list of other results. It is best to use the subject the article is about. If it is being sent out in email form you want to write a headline that makes it clear what the article is about because otherwise someone may delete it. The first word you use is one that is the most important and carries the most amount of weight.

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