A BALANCED VIEW
The stings of being boosted and different ideas
An enormous dialogue amongst writers today is whether or not to stay with Medium. There are all the time choices. Substack ceaselessly makes it into the dialog as a potential alternative. There are others like Patreon. After all, writers aren’t restricted to 1 alternative. I write for 2 — Medium and Substack.
However extra fascinating to me than the alternatives we face is how widespread it’s for writers to really feel pessimistic concerning 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 major dialog with myself and, in some methods, modify my expectations.
My speculation
I joined Medium 5 years in the past as a result of I wished to be in a neighborhood of writers. I wished to jot 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 velocity in the direction of my Medium objectives. If I had a motto, it will have been, “Gradual and regular wins…
