So You Signed Up for Medium, Now What?
A 3 pronged approach to creating an effective content production process for novice Medium writers
I decided to get serious about my writing in Jan. 2021. Having spent the past year wallowing in my isolation or gazing out my window as I pondered over book idea after book idea, I decided it was time to cut the crap.
I’d picked up blogging on Medium a few months before my official return to the site, but had only released a few pieces. None of which had gone anywhere. Needless to say, I knew I’d have to make a few changes.
For one, I’d have to stop writing things that only I would want to read. For me, an audience of one was equivalent to having no audience at all. For two, I needed to find a niche that I was comfortable writing in.
And three, if I was going to be successful on Medium, I’d have to come up with a system for content creation that worked. At the time, I thought this would be my easiest task. I’ve worked in content production in some capacity throughout my career, and thought to myself: “surely I’m prepared for this.”
“Plans are nothing; planning is everything.”- Dwight D. Eisenhower
