How to Come Up with Amazing Titles (Without Tearing Your Hair Out)

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-i-masked-my-identity-disclaimer-not-due-to-privacy-concerns-33ef1f125dbf">Why I Masked My Identity (Disclaimer: Not Due to Privacy Concerns)</a>”). By ditching the irrational fear of formulas, we should be able to better make use of proven successes, reducing the number of titles that just don’t work.</p><p id="1e2b">Of course, good titles aren’t the only thing that makes a writer. But by making use of simple strategies and capitalising on successful formulas, one would be more able to spend more time on writing and improving instead of wasting time worrying about coming up with the next good title.</p><p id="cbbb">You may also be interested in reading:</p><div id="31ea" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-setting-time-aside-to-write-is-the-best-way-to-help-yourself-6c8ea2e89886"> <div> <div> <h2>How Setting Time Aside to Write is the Best Way to Help Yourself</h2> <div><h3>The benefits dedicating time for writing has on improving your writing ability</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*zOqUpeXQd8_RcaAt)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="6f35" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/why-i-continue-to-write-even-though-i-get-almost-no-views-94ae4fcf15c2"> <div> <div> <h2>Why I continue to write even though I get almost no views</h2> <div><h3>Reflections about my first month at medium</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*yTHkmUoCqSFhM63f)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

My process of coming up with eye-catching titles

Before I begin, I have to admit that I’m not the best at coming up with the titles for my stories. I struggled so much with them at the start of my Medium journey and I have had some terrible ones that simply fell flat. And it’s not a problem that only I faced. In fact, so many writers have problems writing titles that there is even a market for online title generators.

Yet, titles are arguably the most important part of any article or blog post. Especially in this day and age where there is a glut of digital content constantly being created, a title does the all-important job of capturing a potential reader’s attention. They share valuable information about the article and entice the reader to click on it. Imagine spending hours and hours crafting the best article you have ever written only for no one to read it because the title was substandard. On the other hand, with a fabulous and eye-catching title, even an average article might be able to garner lots of attention. As such, crafting good titles should be on the top of every writer’s must learn skill sets.

So, how does one create eye-catching titles? Apart from applying the trial and error method, the best way to learn would be to look at successful posts. Scroll through Medium and other media sources in your niche and pay attention to those who capture your attention. Try to understand why you are drawn to them and analyse what kinds of keywords are constantly repeated on viral posts. Go further and dissect the difference between their titles and the ones that you write. Often (at least in my case), it will only be a difference of a few words or a case of varied phrasing. Yet, these minor differences frequently affect the popularity of the posts by a great deal. By studying the writers in your niche, you’ll be able to understand what the readers you are targeting are attracted to, allowing yourself to better market your articles.

Taking a page from my successful review blog, another trick to writing amazing titles is to not write ‘amazing’ titles. Stop worrying about coming up with clever puns or colourful metaphors and imagery. By throwing away all your preconceptions of what an ‘amazing’ title should encompass, you can start focusing on what genuinely matters. A good title should be one that sums up the post and tells the readers what to expect. Instead of confusing them with puns and metaphors, you can attract readers by telling them exactly what you are writing about (like what I did with this article). Combined with the phrasing and keyword optimisation you learnt from other writers, you will be able to develop a title that captures potential readers, especially those asking questions that you answer in your writing.

Many writers who are trying to create their next ‘best amazing title’ are terrified of utilising formulas. This shouldn’t be the case. In fact, formulas should be your best friend. When you find title formulas that work for you (e.g. Why doing (blank) does (this good thing) for you or What (experience) taught me about (absolutely dreadful thing)), the last thing you should do is ditch that formula in your rush to mine the next good title. After putting in so much effort and seeing success, you should embrace them instead and use them whenever apt (my current title is a formula of a previously successful post as well: “Why I Masked My Identity (Disclaimer: Not Due to Privacy Concerns)”). By ditching the irrational fear of formulas, we should be able to better make use of proven successes, reducing the number of titles that just don’t work.

Of course, good titles aren’t the only thing that makes a writer. But by making use of simple strategies and capitalising on successful formulas, one would be more able to spend more time on writing and improving instead of wasting time worrying about coming up with the next good title.