HAWMC Day 13

Open a book to any page. Today is a meditation on naming blog posts. Pick up a book, magazine, newspaper – anything with written prose in it – and choose a phrase or sentence at random. That’s the title of your blog post for today.

So often we get hung up on titling our posts. Are you someone who blogs first and titles it later? Or are you someone who knows what your title is the minute you come up with a topic? Today’s exercise will help you step back from the titling responsibility (or stress, as the case may be) and allow you to write, trying to tie your post to this random word, phrase, or line. Whatever you found in the book is your blog post diving-board – use it to stand up on, then dive in from. Take 15-20 minutes (or less) and write.

After you’ve finished your HAWMC blog for today – reflect a bit on the idea of titling. What’s your usual strategy with titling posts? Do you enjoy writing titles or are they difficult for you? What’s the best title you think you’ve ever written? And tips for coming up with exciting titles?

And today how does it feel when the title is taken care of ahead of time – did it guide your post or make writing a challenge?

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17 thoughts on “HAWMC Day 13”

http://randomlycapitalized.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/hawmc-post-13-the-world-is-full-of-broken-people/nnNever had trouble with titles, always the content. Ha. Loving all of these prompts!

Really liked today’s (and yesterday’s). I might have to bring these exercises into everyday blogging life – once a month or something. http://talesofrachel.com/2011/04/13/hawmc-day-13-open-a-book-to-any-page/

“Every part of the body is an expressive instrument of the soul”.nhttp://reasonablywell-julia.blogspot.com/2011/04/every-part-of-body-is-expressive.html

‘say what you need to say!’ http://joanna-herlifeinanutshell.blogspot.com/2011/04/its-tall-order-to-make-all-our-speech.html

It’s kind of a rambling rant, but here it is: http://thepinkteeshirt.blogspot.com/2011/04/hawmc-challenge-herbal-supplements-such.html

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“Alone in a different way” http://unavitabella.com/2011/04/13/alone-in-a-different-way/nnI thought it was a bit harder to write this way. My post turned out rather short but hopefully still has some impact.

Day 13 – Relief from Pain http://tinyurl.com/6j4uk4vnnThis line came from my anatomy book. I’m incredibly lucky I didn’t happen upon something more…educational lol.

http://www.our-journey-through-life.com/2011/04/hawmc-day-13-for-what-could-he-say-what.htmlnnKind of had fallen off the wagon for a few days but am back now.n

Day 13, http://wecaralot.blogspot.com/2011/04/mere-household-events.html

Here’s mine: http://cupsquietlybeingfilled.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/hawmc-day-13-if-a-fair-world-was-what-you-were-looking-for-he-said-you-had-to-appreciate-irony/

I love titling my posts. I’m one of those people.nHere’s mine today: http://sweetlyvoiced.blogspot.com/2011/04/as-you-know-from-experience-diabetes.html

I LOVE MENDEL! http://writeofway.ca/taooftaylor/?p=1149 nnWhen you’re as infatuated with a subject as I am, the books lying close to hand tend to be all on the subject you’re studying. This should have been a no-brainer, turns out that couldn’t have been farther from the truth. nnThanks to Dr. Edward M. Hallowell for providing the direct inspiration. He has provided indirect inspiration many times before but this was a new one for me.nn