WEEK 12

Hey classmates!

Headline writing, I must admit, is one of the most difficult forms of writing I have ever attempted.
Honestly, I have never been a woman of few words.

In elementary and middle school I was always the annoying kid who got points taken for writing TOO much on assignments, unlike the rest of the class who wrote too little. It's not something that I'm proud of.

On the powerpoint the number one thing that struck me was the importance of using powerful, meaningful words, and using few of them.

My first week writing headlines I lost points because they were too long, which didn't surprise me. I tried harder this week to write short and sweet headlines that would still sufficiently get the idea across. I was so impressed by so many of your headlines and loved reading the examples that Professor Josephson gave of good headlines! I guess the best way to summarize the art of headline writing is that the best headlines are those which carry the most meaning in the fewest number of words.

A good example of a grammar mistake is below! Make sure and use a colon when you're making a list (: I hope you all have a great week!