Dear Writers, Unabashedly Share Your Unique Brand of Brilliance
You have a distinct and powerful voice — own it
Dear Writers,
It’s easy to get sucked up into the comparison game, especially on a social media writing platform, which is essentially the nature of Medium. When we come to the land of Oz and begin stretching our creative writing wings, we start getting distracted by flying monkeys.
This person has 14k followers; that person has a story with 22k claps; this writer says on a Facebook writing group that they’ve been making thousands of dollars from the time they started writing on the platform.
Mentoring opportunities and courses abound. It’s a writers’ free-for-all and it’s a damn jungle. Writers want to claw their way to the top. This world of writing isn’t easy. It’s highly competitive. There are people eking out a living. People highballing it at the top. People writing for fun. There are good mentors and scammy courses. Discretion is advised.
Where do I fit in?, you’re probably wondering. I did, too. I do, too.
I’m here to tell you — to tell us — discerning the good advice from the bullshit advice is key. A successful writer doles out advice that doesn’t sit well with you? Don’t follow it. An emerging writer expresses herself in…
