Headlines: Will You Keep Reading Now?

Headlines are not my strong suit. Every article I write has to have a headline, and I struggle to create something snappy and relevant almost every time. This means more than 15 years of headline struggle and probably thousands of words wrestled out of my brain in hopes of finding the ultimate catchy phrase that will interest readers and keep my editors happy. That’s a lot of word struggle!

Thanks to repetition, headline writing has become a little less tortuous, but my skills still need poli...