Greg Edwards

This blog is not about the ideas expressed, but about how they are written. Therefore, my rules are:

-Greg

The Title for the Next Piece I Write Is Important

this is just a draft

The title
Writing the right title will create an image in readers’ minds, one that interests them to walk with, or away from, you.

A good title will help readers realize they’re not interested in the least in what you are saying. And ironically, they will to some degree be thankful to you for not wasting their time.

But a good title will also enable an image to germinate in their mind that they would like to investigate more.

The first sentence
Your title set the mood. Don’t slap them in the face with the wrong first sentence.

Also, don’t create deja-vu for them by repeating the premence of the title in the first sentence. Deja-vu is a weird experience — not one that makes one / facilitates / smoothly flows with the idea .
The first sentence needs to extend the

Writing the wrong title, one that does not mesh in some way with the first

If you write the wrong title, then it will be harder to walk with the reader.

The correct title not only enables the reader

People have free agency. You cannot control them, make them, entice them — or, at least you can’t entice them for long, lacking real wholesome value.

Posted by Greg Edwards
over 2 years ago

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