Headline Ideas That Didn’t Get Me a Job with Clickhole

Last summer I submitted to become a freelance idea generator for Clickhole. I didn’t get the gig.

Scott Beggs
thewriting
2 min readJan 15, 2017

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The Ones I Submitted:

ARTICLE: Whoa! This Crazy Fan Theory Proves How Every Die Hard Movie is Interconnected

ARTICLE: You Know You’re a 90s Kid If You Were Born Between These Years

LIST: 13 Awesome Regional Foods Your Friends Who Can Afford to Travel Won’t Shut the Fuck Up About

ARTICLE: Doctors Told Him He’d Never Walk Again. They Were Right.

BLOG: Can Someone Help Me Fold This Map Back Up?

VIDEO: This Stupid Whale Can’t Play The Tuba At All

LIST: 50 Really Cool States You May Not Have Heard Of

The Ones I Didn’t:

VIDEO: Adorable! The Unlikely Friendship Between This Baby Piglet and ISIS Leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi

QUIZ: Which Pre-Socratic Theory of the Universe Are You?

ARTICLE: We Asked 9 Disney Princesses What They Wanted To Be Photoshopped As

LIST: 1 Big Way Getting Pregnant Will Change Your Drinking Habit

ARTICLE: Ready to Feel Old? This is When You’re Going to Die

ARTICLE: He Could Have Slaughtered Their Entire Village. What He Did Instead Will Make You Throw Up In Your Mouth

LIST: 19 Tips For Writing Great Lists

QUIZ: Are You The Guy I Met At The Party Who Said His Brother Can Get Me a Free Oil Change?

RECIPE: This Chicken Kiev Will Make Your Family Love You Again

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Scott Beggs
thewriting

Movie Stuff @VanityFair @Thrillist @IndieWire @rejectnation @brokenprojector | Writing short stories at http://www.adventitious.net