What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming A Meta Writer

7 deep regrets

Careful what you shine your magnifying glass on. / Photo by Nong on Unsplash

Three mornings ago, I woke up to the latest sunny Medium Newsletter. Inside the letter, Medium decided to not just tell us what not to write, but they now thought they would tell us what to write as well. Here are some of the pieces of advice below —

What I wish I knew before clicking on this email. / Screenshot by Expert

Take a deep breath. / Screenshot by Expert

Hmmm. “Highly specific, yet oddly relatable wisdom to share.”

Do you mean like writing creative fiction, meta satire or meta parody about the experience of writing on a highly specific, yet oddly relatable online writing platform like Medium.com? Is that what you mean, Scott?

Well, as Scott writes his “What I Wish I Knew Before Going Into Digital Media”, I am going to write my 7 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming A Meta Satirist On Medium.

Here are my seven biggest regrets —