Title Fight: Funny vs. Accurate
Why comedic exaggeration might be the best choice to draw readers in.
Titles can be tricky. They should entice a reader to read a story and somehow capture what that story is about without giving away the themes or conclusion.
One way to get around worrying about the latter is to lean into the former.
In Sloane Crosley’s New York Times best-selling essay collection, I Was Told There’d Be Cake, she uses numerous titles that …
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