Article Titles: Generate Headlines Almost Instantly

You really can generate article titles in minutes. “How do I do that?” you may be asking.

I receive many emails from other writers asking me about writing. In a recent letter, a writer asked me how I come up with so many ideas for my articles.

Normally, I’ll write an article first, then scan through it for a title that sums up the thrust of my piece; however, in a reverse scenario, there’s another neat way to generate article titles, which naturally spawns article ideas.

This writing exercise takes just minutes but it is a great way to kick creativity into high gear. Read on for tricks for generating article titles. Print this off later so that you’ll have it beside your computer when you are ready to try this for yourself.

Writing Exercise: How to Generate Article Titles

Let’s take a random word such as “weird.” Now, you are going to combine it with another word. Start with the first letter of the alphabet and work your way all the way through. Write quickly and if you are stuck simply move on. When you are finished you will have generated up to 26 possible article titles.

Please get started on your list before reading through my list below. These are the article titles I generated in minutes using this technique.

• Weird + Alien Legends

• Weird + Bugs

• Weird  + Cartoon Characters

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• Weird + Driving Habits

• Weird + Echos

• Weird + Friday the 13th Beliefs

• Weird + Grocery Store Items

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• Weird + Hairstyles

• Weird + Intuitive Dreams

• Weird + Jack-O-lanterns

• Weird + K

• Weird + Lyrics

• Weird + Mannequins

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• Weird + Names

• Weird + Operatic Disasters

• Weird + Party Favors

• Weird + Q

• Weird + Rituals

• Weird + Symbols

• Weird + Tattoos

• Weird + U

• Weird + Vows

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• Weird + Weddings

• Weird + X

• Weird + Y

• Weird + Z

How many titles did I generate? 20 titles in mere minutes!

How many did you come up with?

You now have some basic article titles. You may decide that some of them are fine as is or you may decide to add more words to your article titles to make them even more interesting.

Interesting Titles

• For some of these, I could see adding “wacky”: Weird and Wacky Party Favors, Weird and Wacky Weddings, Weird and Wacky Song Lyrics.
• Or, you could add “frightening”: Weird and Frightening Rituals, Weird and Frightening Song Lyrics, Weird and Frightening Bugs.
• Or “menacing”: Weird and Menacing Mannequins

See how easy it is to generate possible article titles? You’ll remember that I touched on why you should create captivating titles in my article Create Popular Articles in Record Time.

Looking at this list, my favorite would have to be: Weird and Menacing Mannequins. Imagine the interesting article you could write around that!

The next time you have a few moments, why not try this exercise and see what article titles you come up with?

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