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What Does My Writing Style Say?

I’ve noticed over time that my headlines seem to change patterns. Sometimes they are in all lowercase letters, and other times they use Capitals to emphasize words. A quick look at my RSS feeds showed that no other blogger does this for their headlines. They use the same pattern for all their post titles, consistently.

So why am I different? What does it mean?

Posts with lowercase titles:
When I use all lowercase, I think I am subconsciously being vulnerable and open to my readers. I am more casual in my approach, and everything is written from a personal point of view. Occasionally, I also put a period at the end of the headline. I’m not quite sure when it means, but I have noticed it more often in posts that are emotional or difficult for me to express.

Posts with Uppercase Titles:
These posts are often impersonal. I use them to discuss something that’s happening in the news, to report something on TV, or sometimes to write fictional posts. For example, sometimes I make up cheeky news reports, which are obviously fake, and they almost always use this pattern for their headlines.

One last observation:
Posts that use Capitals in the headline receive by-far more comments than posts that are in all lowercase. Is it because the writing style is different (and/or better) or is it because the Capitals get readers’ attention when they show up in RSS feeds?

Those are my thoughts for the day.