Life of a Teenage Writer

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57154873664020661222024-09-20T06:00:33.773-07:00Life of a Teenage WriterWhere a writings of a teen writer and his ideas on blogging collideIzzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-29535165028627307682010-04-27T06:27:00.000-07:002010-04-27T07:06:03.753-07:00The Use of Forums to get Traffic to Your Blog

A few weeks off ago I wrote a post over at my other blog on LoLnatics. Because of the subject matter I thought it would be a great idea to copy paste it to the League of Legends forums and send a link directly to my blog. While I did get quite a few angry responses as well as a lot of good feedback, what I was happy with was the amount of traffic that my blog got as you can see from the

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-85186633508109078392010-04-05T12:36:00.000-07:002010-04-05T13:08:55.910-07:00Taking a Long Break and making the best of it

As a blogger we sometimes have the problem of going overboard. Not to say that keeping up on your blog is a bad thing, but there are times, when we tend to stress ourselves out, and can't take the idea of blogging anymore. I had this problem in trying to remain consistent for 4-5 months with my blog, and then ended up giving up and taking a 9 month break just to try and get my life in order.

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-17472274231531429062009-06-23T14:42:00.000-07:002009-06-23T14:58:07.310-07:006.23.09 Round Up and Send off (For Now)

this week after camp was absultly crazy. I've busy with work, friends and dancing. I did come out with two post though Writing a Good Intro and How to Make a Good Title. I do have more in store for this series...however I won't be able to post them for a while.I came to realize that my blog has really just become more of a chore than having fun with it. For those that read my 7 Things I

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-54052219953970730132009-06-17T13:43:00.000-07:002009-06-17T14:15:46.173-07:00Improving Your Writing Through Article Elements: Writing a Good Intro

After you get your Title to hook your audience is important to realize that the intro to your article is equally important. You know how teachers in school tell you that you need you should be hooked within the 1st 15 sec? Well this is so true. An intro, or more the first paragraph is what will tell readers if you know what you are talking about, and if they want to continue reading. You can’t

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-60368497694060304402009-06-16T12:04:00.000-07:002009-06-16T12:46:54.319-07:00Improving Your Writing Through Article Elements: How to Make a Good Title

What a lot of people haven’t realized is that while look and appearance can be very important to making a “readable blog/content,” fixing the quality of your post/article is actually much more important if you want to build a readership. Sure, quality content is great, but in this series I plan to show you how to change a few key things with your post/article as a whole to get a better audience

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-23109910654646784722009-06-08T06:30:00.000-07:002009-06-08T06:38:49.167-07:00Round up all the content, I'm going to camp

In light of the fact that it is Monday, and that I am leaving for a week I think it is time for me to show what has happened this week. This means that is time for another weekly roundup.Work got kinda mixed into my schedule, and I sent in an application to freelance website that I got accepted to. The site is called The Examiner, and it is going to be for the Denver location. I was going to

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-68478712535668497382009-06-07T20:25:00.000-07:002009-06-07T21:43:56.643-07:00How flame can actually benifit you if you use it right

You know that feeling you get when you get a message from someone telling you why your content sucks? It hurts, and can sometimes mess you up depending on the post, but the fact of the matter is that flame is actually a good thing for most posts. Don’t believe me? Well 1st lets differentiate spam from flame, and that might help us a little.Flame is a message from someone telling you why they

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-59138492105837376732009-06-04T12:14:00.000-07:002009-06-05T23:28:09.326-07:00Writing Content that Sells

Here at LoaTW I am please to announce that I am releasing my 1st guest post which comes from Niemand over at Revelations Zero. From this blog you can expect to see "A semi-personal and creative blog which I use to express my opinions about various worldly events and society in general," as Niemand puts it. If you like the post please head over and check it out.If you're reading this, chances are

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-43989435319685631682009-06-03T18:25:00.000-07:002009-06-04T09:18:28.667-07:00How to avoid messing up your post schedual

Ever have it where a weekend is unexpected, or you are forced to work on a day that wouldn’t normally? This can usually end up messing up your writing schedule, and can ultimately screw up your whole week if you aren’t careful. What do you do to prevent this? The answer lies in setting up a backup plan.For StartersNow it might not seem practical, but if you have a weekend coming up it might be

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-825144709001831472009-06-01T19:24:00.000-07:002009-06-04T17:18:42.119-07:00Interested in Writing a Guest Post?

Advice is something that I love to give. However, there are times that even I go at a blank and don't really know what to say. Because of this, and the fact that my blog is really funded by it's readers I would like to extend an invite to anyone that is willing to submit a guest post.What is a guest post?Basically what a guest post allows you to do is to talk on my blog. You submit a post to my

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-85044749335792162682009-05-28T10:32:00.000-07:002009-05-28T10:44:07.893-07:00Using Sites Like Plot Dog to Promote your Work

This post is actually in direct response to Rose Works Jewelry, who asked what Plot Dog was.Well in short, Plot Dog is a site where users can submit poems, short stories, or articles based on writing into a writing contest. Other writers then select the people that they think are the best qualified to win.Ok, so how do I sign up?In order to sign up head over to their homepage at PlotDog.com.

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-86681286672132608712009-05-26T13:54:00.000-07:002009-05-26T14:40:31.817-07:00Weekly Round Up

So this week seemed a bit shorter as far as posting on this blog was concerned. With graduation, my party, and just wrapping certain thing up, it seemed hard to get everything out (that is why this post didn't show up yesterday.) I was happy though with what I accomplished, as the comments have been pouring in the last few days.Blog PostsTo start the week off I showed you all my review of

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-70709117285326249532009-05-24T09:55:00.000-07:002009-05-24T15:55:49.067-07:007 Things I Learned in High School that Can be Applied to Writing/Life

As some of you may know I actually graduated from high school this last week. I realize that a lot of my readers are older than me, but I think that there are a few lessons that writers (and people living life) can take out of the experiences that I had there.Research is the key ingredient to everythingNow I guarantee that most of you never go out and do research on everything that you write,

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-74048798166201847502009-05-21T15:45:00.001-07:002009-05-21T15:56:09.004-07:00Can Paid Post’s Hurt My Writing?

Now you have all seen those “paid to post” sites out there, and some of you (including myself) have probably participated in one or two of these posts. Now I personally have nothing wrong with them, but there are one or two things that I want to point out before you go about signing up for one of these sites.1st of all know what you signing up forIf you are getting paid to post basically you

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-50115470802733137422009-05-19T14:14:00.000-07:002009-05-19T15:33:09.175-07:00Book Review: Fighting Ruben Wolfe

I have talked a lot about how important reading is for your writing without really giving you any recommendations on what to be reading, so I thought I would give you my thoughts on the book I just read Fighting Ruben Wolfe.The book Fighting Ruben Wolfe is the story about two brothers that life in Australia. Cameron (the youngest) and Ruben (the older brother) are shown off as rebels at the

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-61919584675219787882009-05-18T12:36:00.000-07:002009-05-18T12:52:41.218-07:00Weekly Round Up

Well I found that there comes a time when you really can’t think of anything, and while I do have a few ideas I think it is about time I slow down, and give a small round up of what happened this last week.Blog PostsSince this is a blog, blog posts come 1st on the list of “have done’s.” This week was rather slow, as I was concentrating more on MMT, but I think I cranked out a few good

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-55389332783162390972009-05-15T20:47:00.000-07:002009-05-15T21:11:49.703-07:00Remaining Consistent is Key To good Writing

Yesterday in Finding Time to Write in Our Busy Lives at I talked about was to make sure that you have time to write. I know I have mentioned it before in previous posts, but I forgot to mention how important it is that you remain consistent in your writing.Breaking bad habitsI went to a course in student leadership a couple of years ago, and there they talked about how hard it is to break new

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-28939833664903833422009-05-12T12:08:00.000-07:002009-05-12T12:41:29.461-07:00Finding Time to Write in Our Busy Lives

I think a lot of times what we have problems with is letting little thinks get in our way. This can be as simple as having something else to do, to as difficult as actually coming up with ideas for you writing, here are a few tips and tricks to keep yourself from falling down the hole.Always set out a Guideline I talked about how important it was to set an outline for your work. Well this is

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-45644834560557735482009-05-10T16:02:00.000-07:002009-05-10T22:37:29.085-07:00Finally Getting Done on Mother’s Day

I just want to apologize for everything being so crazy on the blog this week. I’ve been working on finals with graduation and have also been trying to find a new layout that I can use as a home for my blog, and it’s making me really tired, hence the picture.Good news is I think I found one. Those that have been reading probably saw it, but because I got no responses I think that I need

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-54850148285341244722009-05-09T10:29:00.000-07:002009-06-01T20:22:13.270-07:00Need Help with Someting

Feel free to use this page for help. I will try to make sure that I get back to you as soon as I can. Also try emailing me at LifeofaTeenageWriter@gmail.com. This is more secure and will give me a spot to contact you back with.Your Name : Your Email : Subject : Message :

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-75220310861173404112009-05-08T17:05:00.000-07:002009-05-08T17:10:19.771-07:00Update is a coming...

OK, so for those of you that haven't heard I am changing my Blog look because the function on this one isn't what I want for the site. If you would like to see what the new layout's Plan is you can check it here.Please tell me what you think as I really need to know if you would be more likely to read something that looked like this, or if I should just keep looking.

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-23161536304881529552009-05-06T12:48:00.000-07:002009-05-06T16:30:47.751-07:00Using Google Reader to Improve Your Writing

"Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man"-Sir Francis Bacon As a teenage writer I often wonder how it is that some people know as much as they do. I think a lot of times this is because as teenagers (and sometimes going into adulthood) people lose that essence of why reading is important.A while back I wrote an article about Reading For Teenagers. While I will

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-66193668285409349452009-05-02T16:35:00.000-07:002009-05-02T16:38:49.543-07:00Meet the Face of The Blog

Here is my 1st video post. I realized after uploading it that there was a sound difficulty but I hope that you all can still understand it.

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-69180671982922627072009-05-01T13:39:00.000-07:002009-05-02T09:46:47.150-07:005 things you should learn before starting a blog

Ahh…Another month finished on my blog, and the beginning of my new domain name. As you all know I have now been on this blog for 4 months (minus a few days) and in those days I’ve learned a few ins and outs when it comes to blogging.Content is Key1st I’ve learned that having good content is key to having a good blog. Even if no one comments on your blog, it is still utterly important that you

Izzy Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13883345721439130049noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715487366402066122.post-645517171172284972009-05-01T13:19:00.000-07:002009-05-05T12:44:47.221-07:00Contests, and my salute to dropping

Today is the 1st of the month and because of it I feel the need for 2 posts. Not because I want to our run you all with info but because I need to announce the winner of month, and give you an update on where the blog is going, plus I would like to give you some advice on what I have learned these last few months.Contest WinnerSo as most of you know, I have a top commenter contest each month, and

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