Headline style pet peeve

[Tom Petty]

Why is it necessary to put a comman after now?

Now ..... they've seen everything.

Or what would be wrong with

They've
now seen
everything

How about coming up with an interesting headline? Strikes me as damned lazy and I was one of the worst headline writers in the history of newspapers.

now i've seen it all.

<wink>

 

[shotglass]

All, now he's seen it.

 

[DyePack]

There should be more visual cleverness:

ALL

Now he's seen it

 

[shotglass]

Close, but no helmets.

 

[Rookie23]

It's the Post. They can do whatever the heck they want. shirt, I'd work for them in a heartbeat. Boring layout page and all. Sign me up.

 

[Flash]

Why is it necessary to put a comman after now?

Now ..... they've seen everything.

Or what would be wrong with

They've
now seen
everything

How about coming up with an interesting headline? Strikes me as damned lazy and I was one of the worst headline writers in the history of newspapers.

now i've seen it all.

<wink>

Ha ha ... I have many talents. Sadly, headline writing has never been one of them ... I was always OK with that.

 

[Flash]

That said, I did come up with the odd gem. And the one I always hang my hat on was:

Bert, Who's He?

On a column depicting the Vancouver Canucks' trying to evade the issue of The Incident, perpetrated by Bertuzzi against Steve Moore. After Bert's suspension, the players were acting like he didn't even exist.

 

[TrojanHorse]

I'm appalled at the lazy sports headlines these days. Yes, copy editors are overworked to the bone, but heds and cutlines are where you show how great you are. Punch up your heds and cuts. Make 'em shout. Push the envelope. Take risks. And never settle for the boring and the mundane. Look hard into the story and find something that really sells.

 

[Walter_Sobchak]

I'm appalled at the lazy sports headlines these days. Yes, copy editors are overworked to the bone, but heds and cutlines are where you show how great you are. Punch up your heds and cuts. Make 'em shout. Push the envelope. Take risks. And never settle for the boring and the mundane. Look hard into the story and find something that really sells.

Says the guy whose handle is one of the most cliched headlines since "Orange Crush."

I keed, I keed.

 

[TrojanHorse]

yeah, well, what's your point?

show me some better copy editors, and i'll shut up.

copy editors, at least plenty of them, have forgotten what it means to be a copy editor.............

it's not just about finding misspelled words, ya know.

 

[DyePack]

TrojanHorse, where have you been hiding?

 

[Flash]

yeah, well, what's your point?

show me some better copy editors, and i'll shut up.

copy editors, at least plenty of them, have forgotten what it means to be a copy editor.............

it's not just about finding misspelled words, ya know.

Have Al Strachan thrown on your desk and you'll know what it takes to be a copy editor. Until then, however, you are not my hero.