What Would Happen? Creativity vs. Technology

A variation on "What if ..." that sparks the creativity to write a novel. I'm wondering what would happen on Blogger if I added subtitles to the posts? One result, I know, would be that the list of recent posts would take up way too much room in the right column.

I'm not so sure how longer titles would look on the web page and in readers using the FeedBurner RSS feed and the email version available by signing up at FeedBlitz.

Why do I want to add subtitles? Well, I never claimed to be a good headline writer. In fact, when one newspaper city editor tried to force me into writing "heads", he quickly demoted me back to reporting. Shoot! I wanted to learn how to be an editor. Without headlines. Hard to do on a small- to medium-sized paper.

Then comes the problem of keywords. Creating a title sensible enough for search engines, one that includes a desired keyword and still attracts human readers while striving to be witty -- do I ask too much of myself? I respond, "No! Just make it longer, Stupid!"

Another elaboration of the subtitle experiment suggests putting the subtitle as the first sentence of the post. Perhaps in a bold typeface? (Bold is not a verb. You don't "bold" something. The first sentence would not be "bolded".)

We'll see how that works tomorrow when I plan to post on the saga of writing a book about Writer's Block. The project is metamorphosing -- maybe out of control.