This author is currently on hiatus for the ignoble cause of mugging. The public is advised to remain calm, as this routine protocol has been shown to have no effect on one's violent tendencies in 96% of cases.
| Friday, June 22, 2007 |
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Dang, titles are such a pain in the @$$. Every time i type out a blog post, ill skip the "Title:" field first (unless i have already thought of one beforehand) and just input the main content first before spending another minute stoning and thinking of a catchy title. Unfortunately i hardly ever come up with something, so ill just randomly scroll through what ive typed, pick out one subject and simply ctrl+c ctrl+v it as the title with much despair. Quite contrary to the notion that titles are the first thing readers see and you should be using them as a guide to weave your story around, and not just a blasted afterthought, in the actual literary world at least. D: Now i know why most blogskins don't include the title in their template - most of us insignificant bloggers just can't give a hoot about them. Which brings me to wonder, why the hell do i still bother racking my brains and wasting a couple of minutes just to give my posts a boring old title? Maybe it's just my neat personality taking control over my habits. And also so that it'll be much easier to find the posts i want should i ever need to refer back to them, like for my CAP portfolio or whatever. Or maybe it's just plain old tradition, considering that we've been made to title essays and such since our young days. For example, what's a book without a title? I guess its just this inherent need to let the reader (and myself) know, at first glance, what im talking about, and if it's just some nonsensical rip-off, he can jump straight to other blogs without wasting 5 minutes of his life. Which i hope doesn't happen. =P Anyway, ive tried to make my titles a little less formal by de-capitalising them (and some other stuff too, if you did notice) cos im not a freaking journalist, dammit! But sometimes, it just feels awkward, especially if it's a rant post...so i just take away the title altogether. Saves much hassle too, heh. |
'Twas teh winnar at 12:43 pm.
