Five Things You Need to Know about Writing Articles

I couldn’t explain this other way other than to say it’s like solving a mystery. Just like a detective, a writer is fascinated by the answer in the same way. But unlike our detectives, it’s not about looking for it in a line, month, day, or even a year’s time.

As soon as the writing process begins, you will be asked a question. We all ask so many questions as we gain experience.

The most common questions are:

How do I start writing for Medium?

Who would I send to Medium?

What are my Medium stats?

How many people are reading my article?

What will the reader’s feedback be?

It’s easy to get caught up in these questions. Especially if you’re new to Medium. The answer for all of these questions will differ. A writer will be different from another.

So, instead of leaving it up to chance, get to know how different writers are getting a response.

Write the next step for yourself.

Why you might get a different answer than the writer that’s going to follow you?

Here are some reasons why:

Your wording.

Your style.

Your story structure.

Which blogs are writing about your topic?

Your flow.

Your publication.

What’s your audience’s expectations?

As you keep writing, your answers will change. You might even get surprised as you find out some of the answers to your questions.

Ask yourself “Why is it that I’m not writing?” before you write any new story for Medium.

I know, I’m saying that you want to write anything, but sometimes you have to ask yourself “Why am I not writing?” You might find out that it’s not your writing style, you don’t have the time to write, you have something better to do, or you’re far away from writing.

If the answer is none of the above, then you need to decide what you want to do next.

When you follow up to Medium, you need to do something different than what you did before writing for Medium. The reason why I can explain this problem better is that you might have written for Medium once, but the Medium curation doesn’t like your style or you just hit a wall while writing for Medium.

If you’re wondering why it’s hard to get published by Medium, then you need to ask yourself that same question.

The answers are different from the answers you’re asking.

You’re almost at a point where you don’t have any concrete answers that you can settle on.

Now,  what’s a question like that? You might not have a good starting point. You might have doubts and questions. That’s how the question is. So you might write a long story where you avoid the questions while writing. The intention of this story is to give you more clarity.

What is the purpose? If you know a story without a good enough first draft, then the story is dying. Even if you have an ending, the person who reads the story is not interested in that story. You’re trying to create more questions than answers. Therefore, write the next steps.