It's Creativity Stupid


Whenever I read other peoples weblogs I usually see things that I missed, or wish that I had said. And then there's CGHill and his headlines:

(I Can't Get No) Punctuation
A bridge too fallible
A reminiscence of sorts
I'll take Character Assassination for $200
No Peking
E pluribus units
A pack of Peter Parkers
The War of 1812 is over, too
Weapon of mass distraction
A Goofy comparison?
Being objective about subjectivity
The power of pasta
I could keep going. Not to take anything away from his postings and content, but I am insanely jealous over his knack for writing catchy headlines.

I wonder how much time he spends on it. When I write a weblog entry, I typically go for speed. I type it out at about 60 wpm, do a quick spellcheck, come up with a quick headline, add any hyperlinks, post, and I'm done. The whole process is pretty quick actually.

Every once in a while, I'll post and see how it looks once it's published. (I just cannot get the 'feel' for it using the 'preview' button, plus the preview doesn't always handle any html I've added) Sometimes I'll go back to an entry and make an edit, publish, make another edit, publish, edit it again, publish.. you get the idea. But I rarely re-visit the headline after the first go 'round. Perhaps I should.



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More often than not, the title suggests itself halfway down the first paragraph.

I am a slower typist - 55 wpm max - but once in a great while I find a groove, and things just slide along. That idiotic Saddam and Garfunkel song (which I sent to Carnival of the Vanities out of sheer perversity) took all of ten minutes, including polishing.

Still, "No Peking", while linguistically obsolescent, is perfect for a banned-in-China piece, isn't it?

Posted by: CGHill at November 18, 2002 9:32 PM

That it was.

Posted by: Ravenwood at November 18, 2002 9:42 PM

Right on, ravnwood...Charles has been my favorite blogger for a while now...even if a particular post doesn't interest me, his writing never fails to impress and/or amuse. And titles are, indeed, often afterthoughts for many bloggers, which only underscores Charles' witty lines.

Posted by: DavidMSC at November 30, 2002 10:05 PM

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