Writers’ Guide
Albert Einstein’s One Major Hint About Your ‘Failure’ on Medium
You didn’t learn the rules of the game before playing it.
This piece does not get curated and distributed. Why? This is a rule on Medium that any story about Medium itself does not get curated. But why do I write? I write because I care about the success of other writers on Medium as much as I do about mine.
Still, writing on Medium is a game. Only a few writers are more successful. Only a few of them make more money and a tiny percentage of them might be real game players. But I believe in a win-win situation as opposed to win-lose or zero-sum games. You also should not see it as a lose-win or win-lose game. This is a platform where everyone can win — in case we understand the true meaning of ‘win.’
Most writers, if not all, care about providing quality and value-added content to the readers. If you help the readers or any other writers help them, the goal is served.
So the game is not about the writer’s win, but readers’ win. You’ve to win the hearts of your audience and readers. With this mindset, the game is not about money-making but beyond that.
