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I don't know what works in Medium, but I am sure what doesn't
Are you a new writer?
“If you want to be a writer, just write. There’s no magic to it”. — Albert Brooks
It is true.
There is no other way. I cannot help you write, but I can help you minimize the anxiety.
The regular tweaks and the non-stop hunt to find a viral hit must stop.
I was born in a small town in India. You can use both your hands to count the number of people who can form a complete sentence in English. So if I can write and keep moving back and forth into the top ten in politics, I am sure you can do it too.
There is no secret sauce
Not just Medium.
Algorithms crave engagement.
Engagement is the foolproof way to weed out the worst performers. Likewise, moderation exists to weed out the outrageous when they start to overperform.
Take a deep breath and imagine yourself as the medium algorithm. You are constantly searching for highly engaging content to assist. More often than not, you will end up with the top writers.
This happens not because top writers have written for long, honed their skills, and write better articles. It happens because the top 1% have…
