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title: "(JTC) Journaling Tips #56 Making Headlines"
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# (JTC) Journaling Tips #56 Making Headlines

Tag - [Creative Journaling](https://www.createwritenow.com/journal-writing-blog/topic/creative-journaling)

Author - [Mari L. McCarthy](https://www.createwritenow.com/journal-writing-blog/author/mari-l-mccarthy)

Published - September 13, 2010

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Read some local online or offline ![Journaling Tips #56](https://www.createwritenow.com/hs-fs/file-13211814-jpg/images/inspiration1.jpg)newspapers. Use an intriguing headline as the opening sentence in your Journal. Something like:

** "Body 'missing at least one foot' found at golf course"**

In one of my careers, I was editor of the South Hills Record, a weekly newspaper covering suburbs south of Pittsburgh. One of my jobs was writing a catchy title for all the stories. I just checked and that newspaper is still around (at least online) and I came across this curious headline:

**“Virgin's essay-writing a 'splashing' success in American Legion contest”**

You might take a look at what came through my Facebook newsfeed recently from the Glastonbury Pilgrim Reception Centre:  
Only in Glastonbury could you get the local newspaper running headlines such as, "Could black feather through a letter box be a curse attempt?", "Birthday hugs and hemp", "Video offers alternative take on "hippy" town for tourists" !! You gotta love this place

Still need some ideas for what to write about? Here are some more (north of 70) [Journaling Tips](https://www.createwritenow.com/journaling-ideas/).

Of course, you can create your own headline too!

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