Question

Can someone give me opinions about my writing style on Americalastchance.blogspot.com

Give me tips on grasping the attention of others better.

Answer 1

I like your charisma. It seems like you are an active thinker. Judging from your picture, writing blog posts at your age is a great way to develop your mind even more. So I commend you for that.

Here's my advice:

1) Please, please, please: Spellcheck and Grammar check. Then, re-read your posts 5, 10 times before you press "publish". This will help you write less awkward sentences and catch grammar mistakes your grammar checker won't. Show each post to friends and family and your English teacher, who can edit it for you. It's hard to read something with a bunch of errors!

2) If you want to be engaging, you have to be unique. Some of your posts are interesting -- especially the gambling one -- but some are simply reiterations of common knowledge. At your age, that's hard to conquer, but you have to try! I've written for and ran my own successful blogs before, and from my experience, more effort and time should be put into researching and compiling outstanding content, than into your writing (but write well, too!). You might write like Shakespeare, but if you have dry, boring content, nobody will want to read it!

3) Great headlines are your friend. You have to think like a marketer: in essence, you're advertising your thoughts. Because people have very limited attention spans, you have advertise them well. Instead of "Health Care is Now Mandated", write "Healthcare: Are We Doomed?"

4) Research is also your friend. Too much opinion -- which I think is what you have right now -- is hard to follow. More facts, quotes, and evidence is necessary. You should be building arguments... not displaying opinions.

5) Structure is key. You have to lead the reader through your thinking process, and arrive at a conclusion. Disorganized ideas are the worst.

Hope this helps! I bookmarked your site and I'll check back to see how you do!

Answer 2

I'll tell one thing i noticed.............
It is indeed a cool blog.........
BUT for the attention grabbing part, make it a wee bit more colourful, will ya? :)