A BALANCED VIEW
The stings of being boosted and different ideas
An enormous dialogue amongst writers nowadays is whether or not to stay with Medium. There are at all times choices. Substack often makes it into the dialog as a doable selection. There are others like Patreon. In fact, writers aren’t restricted to at least one selection. I write for 2 — Medium and Substack.
However extra attention-grabbing to me than the alternatives we face is how frequent it’s for writers to really feel pessimistic in regards to the alternatives inside Medium. It feels sudden and pronounced. Right here is my speculation as to why there’s a lack of religion within the promise of Medium, which is partially knowledgeable by my very own private expertise.
By the way in which, I haven’t actually misplaced religion, however I needed to have a big dialog with myself and, in some methods, alter my expectations.
My speculation
I joined Medium 5 years in the past as a result of I wished to be in a group of writers. I wished to write down extra, be taught from others, discover some good pubs, and earn the respect of its editors.
Within the race between the tortoise and the hare, I’m the tortoise. I didn’t obtain lightning pace in the direction of my Medium targets. If I had a motto, it might have been, “Gradual and regular wins…
