Writing
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Is Your Title Compelling?
   
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Many writers write for the experience. Others dream of having a number one best seller. Both are wonderful reasons for writing. What many fail to realize is that these two do not have to be mutually exclusive. With a .....
Short Story Writing Tips:
Your title is your selling tool. It's the first thing readers will scan and contemplate whether to read your story.
What your title's job is, it has to lure the readers into your story ' it has to be so compelling that they won't even have a chance to ask themselves, 'Will this story interest me''
Their eyes will glide over the title and into the story before they realize it. The action will be instant.
What's a compelling title' It's one that instantly grabs our attention because it's'
- Intriguing
- Interesting
- Catchy
- Provocative
- Amusing
Your title may not be all these things but it will have to be at least one. There should be something about it that grabs your readers.
So how do you write compelling titles'
Start by learning from the masters.
Learn from those whose articles and stories are published in newspapers, magazines and, in particular, pay close attention how the writers of Readers Digest go about it. They have been luring readers into their written material for years. They know their stuff.
Here are a few examples of titles taken from Readers Digest'.
- Did I really need to know that'
- Who is Jack Kevorkian, Really'
- Against the flames
- Who Killed Margaret Wilson'
Do you have any newspapers or magazines handy, or even better, a Readers Digest magazine' If you do, note down a few titles, then analyze why those particular titles grabbed you.
If you don't have any magazines handy, take a look at: http://www.amazon.com