Writing Headlines with Ann Glover

Ann Glover suggests writing headlings in 5 - 7 words. In her session, she outlined seven tricks to help come up with the catchiest words to bring readers into an article.

Her tricks of the trade include:

• Puns/Word play
• Assonance or rhyming
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Foreshadowing
• Onomotapoeia
• Plain Language

After a brief overview of these tips, we got to practice coming up with headlines on our own. The session was interactive and a lot of fun. We had some great laughs over the participants' good -- and not-so-good -- headlines.