Headline writing is tough because often times you are given a predetermined number of spaces and words depending on the layout and the type of the story.
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Headline writing is an art form.
If you only have one shot at writing a headline, there's a lot of pressure.
You can't write just anything. Your story needs structure.
The newspaper is, in fact, very bad for one's prose style. That's why I gravitated towards feature stories where you get a little more leeway in the writing style.
Writing is hard work. Generating stories that catch people's attention and holding it are very difficult.
When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper.
In the writing of novels, there is the problem of how to shape a narrative.
Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.
Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence?
Headlines are so great in a sense that they can take a little bit from an article completely out of context and blow it into something it's not. Some people really only read headlines.