Clip Grid
A three-column card grid of six writing samples each showing publication, headline, a one-line standfirst, and date.
A three-column card grid of six writing samples each showing publication, headline, a one-line standfirst, and date.
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Clip Grid arranges six writing samples as cards in a three-column grid. Each card leads with the publication wordmark (A List Apart, Smashing Magazine, Nieman Lab and three more), then the headline, a one-line standfirst, and the date. The standfirst is the distinctive detail: Clarity is not a writing virtue. It is a product decision, a sentence that shows the thinking rather than describing it.
Clips are one array; a clip count (6 clips) sits flush right beside the lede. The standfirst turns each card into a preview of the argument, not just a title link.
Reach for this block as the primary clips section of a writing portfolio or as a selected-work grid on a homepage. The installer swaps the publication names, headlines, standfirsts, dates, and hrefs for their real pieces.
A natural flow around it on a Portfolio Pro page:
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One strong use is the six-clip selected portfolio. Other clip layouts:
Tip: write the standfirst as the sharpest sentence from the piece, not a summary; it is the only copy the visitor reads before clicking.