Exploring the Art of Writing: Insights from SYNERGY's Best
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As a seasoned writer and published author, I hold a deep appreciation for freelance authors and published writers. Since joining Medium, I've explored numerous subjects and assisted fellow writers in finding their unique voices and building confidence.
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Writing is a broad topic on Medium.
I take pleasure in writing about writing, especially to aid newcomers. My contributions have established me as a top writer in this category, a status I've maintained by consistently sharing essential content on this theme.
Writing is not merely a cognitive skill for me; it serves as a therapeutic outlet as well.
Moreover, writing can be a viable source of income. I've provided guidance on increasing writing revenue and shared one of my books on Medium to help writers embark on affiliate marketing ventures for passive income. Many have learned to utilize social media effectively through our extended services.
This post was inspired by inquiries from new and aspiring writers regarding resources to kickstart their journey on Medium. Some writers transitioning from blogging seek to learn about storytelling, and these narratives could serve as excellent examples for them.
This entry serves as a quick start, aiming to motivate writers and connect them with experienced authors to learn from their insights.
Within this post, you'll find a glimpse of writing stories from SYNERGY. While there are countless narratives, I've selected a few from my reading list to share.
I thoroughly enjoy reading the experiences of these talented writers. Each narrative offers unique insights and perspectives, showcasing various engaging writing styles from which we can all learn.
These are not just ordinary stories. Many of these exceptional pieces have been curated by Medium and span multiple topics such as #writing, #freelancing, #books, #creativity, #money, #productivity, #mindfulness, #work, #art, #business, #leadership, #startups, and more. Among the six publications, SYNERGY is the most curated due to the high level of experience among its contributing writers.
Top Stories About Writing On SYNERGY
Here are selected stories presented in no particular order, reflecting what I've noted in my reading journal.
Enjoy!
How to Write Content Guaranteed to Get Views and Reads
— Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How To Not-Write — the 2021 Version
— Melinda Blau
Writing Is A Hazardous Job
— Vishnu*s Virtues
Mostly Forgettable + Occasionally Remarkable = Peak Writing
— Akarsh Nalawade
Byline or By Crook: Smart Writing Advice for the Fearless Writer
— Aigner Loren Wilson
How to Overcome Your Fear of Writing
— Khadejah
7 Reasons Why Making Writing a Habit is Critical if You Want to Succeed
— Trudy Horsting
Writing On Medium Right Now Sucks, But You’ll Learn Something If You Stick Around
— Violet Daniels
5 Reasons to Be Fearless With Your Writing
— Liz Porter
What a Negative Comment Taught Me About My Writing
— Ilana Quinn
How to Find Freelance Writing Gigs
— Kristina Segarra
Getting Paid For Hand-Writing
— Tooth Truth Roopa Vikesh
What Happens When I Approach Writing As Therapy
— Esther George
Desire to Improve Your Writing Skills? Part 1: Prewriting and Writer’s Block
— Brenda Mahler
Why You Have Fewer Views When You Distribute More — Writing and Social Media
— Holly Kellums
Why writing helps me feel all right
— Øivind H. Solheim
Why and How to Publish Stories As Frequently as Possible
— Dew Langrial
Who or What Are You Writing For? Redux
— Julia E Hubbel
What Does SEO Mean to Your Writing?
— Carol Price
3 Everyday Experiences That Can Skyrocket Your Writing
— Niharikaa Kaur Sodhi
14 Ways I’ve Created an Independent Income Writing
— David Andrew Wiebe
How to Find Your Tribe in the Online Writing World
— Barbara Radisavljevic
Writing About My Personal Life on Medium
— Linda Kowalchek
The Biggest Lessons I’ve Learned About Writing Online After Publishing 120+ Articles
— Kevin Lee
23 Ways to Create an Obsessive Writing Practice
— Hudson Rennie
Writing Has Become My Passion and Medium is Helping me Fulfill my Dream
— Ruby Lee
How I Developed My Writing Voice: A History
— John Egelkrout
How To Keep Your Writing Short and Clear
— Matthew Royse
Who Am I to Write a Book about Writing and Publishing on Medium?
— Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
How To Create Your Own Greenfield Writing Markets
— Ann Venkataraman
Lessons From 46 Curated Stories in 6 Months on Medium
— The Maverick Files
What is a Writing Download?
— Jennifer Friebely
How to Increase Your Writing Skills Using These 3 Beginner Tools
— Leah O'Daniel
What I Learned From Writing at Technology Hits
— Zen Chan
2 Writing Tips Inspired From Children’s Books
— Julie Nyhus MSN, FNP-BC
Struggling To Get Into a Creative Flow With Your Writing?
— Doran Lamb
Is Writing About Stats a Way to Not Get Too Personal?
— Phoebe Kirke
5 Reasons Why Your Writing Pitches Fail To Get Picked Up
— John Teehan
Does Listening To Podcasts Elevate Your Writing To Another Level?
— B. A. Cumberlidge.
Part 2 of 5: Creating a Writing Schedule for Medium
— Adam J. Cheshier
5 Quick Tips that Boost Your Creativity and Ramp Up Your Writing Productivity
— Patricia Haddock
New to Medium? Get Ready for a Roller Coaster Ride
— Rosy Gee
Why I like Some Writers like Terry Mansfield
— Dr Preeti Singh
Learn the Easy Way: Your Stories Are Not for Everyone
— Noorain Hassan, BMS
Comments Are Exciting and Precious for Early Writers
— Ching Ching
7 Super Smart Steps to Write 5000 Words Daily
— George Blue Kelly
What We Can Learn from the Literary Life of Jane Austen
— Ilana Quinn
3 Rules to Keep Me on My Path When Inspiration to Write Is Low
— Alan Lew
You are Changing the World as a Writer
— Warren Brown
Illuminating Featured Writers
— Liam Ireland
Why you should write an inspirational letter to self
— Fahri Karakas
How I Made $2,249 My First Month on Medium
— Fatim Hemraj
How to Write Your First Four-Figure Article
— Mario López-Goicoechea
This Is My Simple Formula To Creating Viral Stories
— Dr Mehmet Yildiz
What Writers Want
— Sumera Rizwan
How Doubling My Earnings Taught Me The Reality of Freelance Hustling
— Reo
Are You Robbing Medium Writers of their Reads?
— Audrey Malone
Small Medium Publications That Can Make A Big Impact On Your Views/Reads
— Samra
$2000 In My Fourth Month, Great! BUT, At What Cost?
— Tracey Donnelly
I Wrote on Medium for One Year and This is What I Learned
— Kristy Lynn
3 Lessons I’ve Learned As an Editor on Medium
— Diana C.
A $6.99 Investment Means I Can Put My Feet Up
— Karen Madej
Get $200 To $500 Per Article
— Kiran Yasmin
Wanna Be an Engagement Writer and Don’t Know How? This Is How
— Desiree Driesenaar
How to Create More Content When You Have Nothing to Write About
— Catherine Mancini
4 Thoughts That help Me Keep publishing Articles
— Dr Sachin Pandit
To Succeed As A Writer, First Be A Mother
— Helen Cassidy Page
Whatever You Write, Write for Yourself
— Toffy Char
Write Like A Professional But Don’t Lose The Amateur’s Mindset
— Mukundarajan V N
SYNERGY - Submission Guidelines
— Tree Langdon
A Sneak Peek Into The Full Moon Night That’s Dedicated To Lord Buddha
— Geetika Sethi
Trust Your Heart Space To Write
— Trista Signe Ainsworth
How To Support Your Favorite Writers On Medium
— Kim Zuch
I Was Ripped Off by a Freelance Client, So I Took Matters Into My Own…
— Jupiter Grant
A Shift in Your Mindset is All You Need
— Patricia Rosa
3 Uncommon Tips from Coach Tony’s Interview Helped My Medium Stats Rocket
— Tonya S. Ware
Featured Stories from SYNERGY
— ILLUMINATION-Curated
Would You Rather Be Rejected
— Stuart Englander
The “Problematic” Wording of Many Self-help Articles
— Anthi Psomiadou
It Takes Me 30 Minutes To Write An Article
— Angelina Der Arakelian
How to Never Have Writer’s Block
— Jeff Herring
Why You Need a Business Bank Account as an Author
— René Junge
How Does a Single Clap Feel to the Anxious Writer?
— Kris Downey
Fairy Godmother Your MacBook into an AlphaSmart for $10
— David Majister
How to Write Without Offending Those Close to You
— Donnette Anglin
Drumroll: Blogroll
— Britni Pepper
When Someone Tells Your Story Better Than You Do
— Terry L. Cooper
Want to Start Freelancing? Here Are 18 Services You Can Easily Monetize
— Kelsey Kryger
The Best Two Months on Medium Since I Joined
— Lawson Wallace
The Day I Was Born as a Writer
— Juliano Righetto
13 Things I Learned from My First 3 Months on Medium
— Ines May
My Obsessions With Obsessed Writers: A Humble Call
— Fasiha Imran
How I Nearly Tripled Newsletter Subscribers in Four Months
— Julie Ranson
I Just Wrote my 200th Article on Medium
— Christian Soschner
Soon or Later, Crash and Burn Happen in Every Dataville
— Christopher Akinlade
The Almighty Conundrum: To Clickbait or Not To Clickbait?
— Adebayo Adeniran
52 Benefits of Being an Author
— Sharon Woodhouse
Do You Have a Word Toolbox
— Richard Armstrong
Be Careful What You Google For
— Christine Graves
We Need To Be Flexible When There Is A Lack Of Time.
— Aldric Chen
Stop Complaining About Your Stats
— Liam Magnus
5 Captivating Habits That Will Power-Up Your Brain
— Nuno Fabiao
How to Use Frequency Illusion to Become a Better Writer
— Jason Gutierrez
How to Make a Two Figure Income from Writing
— Alexa Baczak
12 Inspiring Writing Quotes From Neil Gaiman
— Scott Hughey (TheWriteScott)
3 Tools That Can Help Level Up Your Freelance Writing Career
— Alex Ghaznawi
5 Writing Tips From a Published Academic Writer
— Ana Writes
The Biggest Benefit Of Writing On Medium
— Danell teNyenhuis Black
The 3 Important Things You Should Know Before Writing On Medium
— Sahil Patel
4 Ways to Monetize Your Writing
— Alana Rister, Ph.D.
What Do I Do When I Find Myself Stymied By A Writing Prompt?
— Marcus
How Writing Makes You A Better Person
— Tahlia Asinate
Looking for a New Writing Exercise? Try Co-Writing
— Keri Mangis
Why You Should Tackle Short Stories Before Writing A Novel
— AJ Krow
Learn How I Actually Increased My Draft Writing Output 443%
— Jason
5 Phrases To Eliminate From Your Writing
— Danish Sayanee
My Writing Dreams
— Jade M.
There’s Nothing Wrong with Writing for Pure Enjoyment
— A.X. Bates
Part 2. Creating Better Content: Publishing, Writing, Spelling, Punctuation and Capitalisation
— Clive Wilson
6 Ways to Improve Your Writing Style
— Jessie Hamilton
Take a Giant Leap to Better Writing
— John Cunningham
Deep Sleep, Writing, And Reality
— Rose Lee
5 Lessons from a Month-Long Writing Break
— Hyrum Bradshaw
How an Article Pipeline Might Enhance Your Writing Productivity
— Dr. Gregor Scheithauer
‘Be Kinder to Your Characters’ — Thoughts on Writing Painful Histories With Humanity and Compassion
— Danielle Loewen
Simple Lessons I Learned About Writer’s Block And Conscious Writing
— DharanM
My Writing Advice
— Veronika Kaufmann
7 Free and Regular Writing Competitions to Test Your Creative Writing
— Franko French
The Seven Deadly Sins of Writing
— Francesco Rizzuto
Fortunately For Us, Writing and Praying Are Not Competitive Activities
— Obinna V. Onyenedum
Why Writing Quickly and Often is a Good Idea
— K. Scarborough
My Opinion on Multitasking Writing Projects
— Julie US Writer
On Writing: 16 Reasons to Get Yo Head Outta Yo Backside!
— Jay Toran
Want to Improve Your Writing? Examine Your Foundation
— Sarah Callen
5 Ways my Writing got Stronger in the Pandemic
— Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Two Quick Fixes to Tighten Up Your Writing
— Daisy Chains
Get Writing Ideas by Disagreeing With Your Younger Self
— Kaisla Sandholm
Back to Writing After Being M.I.A.
— Brett Chrest
1000 Post-challenge: Writing My First Book
— Adonis Richards
My Writing Sucks
— Jonathan Morris Schwartz
Frightening Truth I Discovered During Writing In Isolation
— Johnny Brando
3 Old School Marketing Techniques That Still Get Results
— Aaron Mitchell
You Don’t Have to Write Every Day to Succeed on Medium
— David K.
It’s Not About How Often You Publish but the Impact You Make When You Publish
— Emmanuel A. Anderson
Top 5 Ways to Be Rejected
— Renee Podunovich
Why I Chose To Write
— ARCHANA VANGURI
5 Reasons to Write on Paper
— Colter Whitlock
The Three Mistakes I Made in My First Week as a Medium Writer
— A Vahdani
Writers: Here are 5 Powerful Mantras to use When Self-Doubt Creeps In
— Elizabeth Gordon
Borrowing Your Editor’s Brain Will Rewire Yours — in a Good Way
— Amy L. Bernstein
Why Exactly Do I Write?
— Jack Road
Blogging My Way to a Book
— Ellie Jacobson
What Medium Has Taught Me About Life
— Noah Nelson
Your Short Stories Can Make $1,000 And More For You
— Blessing Oluchukwu Awamba
My 7 Lessons in 7 Months As a Writer
— James Ssekamatte
A Writer in Making?
— usmi
How to Write Effective Content For a Client Who Requires References and Citations
— Srimathi Ashok
Trying out Grammarly Keyboard — AfroPolymath
— Jonathan Thomas
My Daily Journal
— Shyamdeo Ranjan
I Received a $500 Bonus With Less than 20 Total Stories
— Dee Dee Patterson
Receiving Medium’s Mysterious $500 Bonus for Writers
— Angela Phan
Are You Here as a Reader or a Writer?
— Pat Austin Becker
The Lone Subscriber
— David R Gwyn
What I Learned From a 30 Day Poetry Challenge
— Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.
The Importance Of Reading To The Writers
— —RAINNA
3 Things I Discovered After 3 Months on Medium
— Maria Garcia
How I Push Through Writer’s Block
— Jennifer Brewer
If You Want to Be Successful, You Need to Fail as Many Times as Possible
— Assumpta Nalubowa
Why It Took So Long for Me to Become a Writer
— Anne Pennington
How To Write Every Day
— J.B. Miller
A Guide To Earning Money Blogging, Part 3
— Scott Coleson
The Lesson I’ve Learned
— Barbara Dalton
30 Days on Medium — The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
— Christie Adams - Writer
10 Valuable Lessons From My First 100 Articles on Medium
— Rugare Maruzani
How Do You Know When You Can Call Yourself a Writer?
— Ikram Al Mouaswas
I Hit a Creative Wall in December
— Sarah Callen
I Hit a Creative Wall in December
— Robbie Sheerin
So, Medium Is Giving Bonus in June and July
— Sushmita Singh
The G-Spot Strategy That Tripled My Followers in 30 Days
— Kavish Kamat (KK)
I Drank the Proverbial Kool-Aid (and now I’m addicted)
— Jazz Parks
Every Successful Freelancer Makes This Their #1 Priority
— Esther Cooke
What the Hell is This Medium Audience Seeking?
— Sean F Corbin
Blogging Is Not for Everyone
— Paul Kim
A Dash of Punctuation Education
— Rachel Ramkaran (she/her)
Discover Your Why and Learn to Write Consistently — Sohrab Khandelwal
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Does Medium Have a Feedback Loop Problem?
— John Bullock
Stop The Endless Learning On How To Write
— Nishant Modi
How to Write Online Content People Will Actually Read
— Liv Pasquarelli
Ego-Deaths May Be Needed to Work With an Editor for Your New Book
— Katrina Bos
Time, Fonts & Sorbet: Proofreading Your Work
— Laurie Perez
How to Write the Book That Is in Your Soul
— Frankie Calkins
Medium Should Lower the Paywall Bar: A Compelling Reason
— Sumon Basak
The Best Weapon in a Writer’s Arsenal Isn’t Talent
— Celine Hosea
Five Phrases Writers Need to Stop Using…NOW
— Lorrae G.
The attraction of his Beanee Weenees
— Michael Banks
11 Tips for Successful Project Proposals
— Mennatullah Hendawy, PhD Cand.
Can You Accept Rejection?
— The Girl with the Dark Brown Eyes
The Fountain Of Youth For Creativity
— Joshua Cronkhite
How My Story got Rejected By A Smaller Pub But Accepted into a Bigger One
— Sasha Doyle
All by Myself
— Donna Sheehy
How To Embrace The Process And Enable Your Creativity
— Zach Klebaner
Finally Reached 100 Followers
— Tom McLaughlin
How I Managed to Increase the Value of a Dollar
— Y. Chwyldro
C is for Character
— Chris Weber
An Editor of My Favorite Publication Wrote a Shaming Article About Me
— Danna Z
How I Grind Out a Living Being an Unsuccessful Writer
— John Bullock
How Important is Consistency for New Medium Writers?
— Nikhil Shukla
How I finished my First Book Despite Working 80 Hours Work Weeks
— Harshit Poddar
An Exercise in Gratitude
— Ethan C. Wright
I Found One of My First Stories Written When I Was 8
— Ariel Miranda
Covid! The World’s sign you should read more
— Nicole Maharaj
Writers: Do You Know What Google is Saying About You and Your Stories?
— Justiss Goode
It Doesn’t Matter Whether You Are a Good or Bad Writer
— Mr. Huseyin
Should I Hire Somebody to Edit Market Publish My Book or Do it Myself
— Quiksilver For Sure
Do You Need to Be Vulnerable to Be a Prolific Writer?
— Anggun Bawi
Vintage Botanical Names
— Avana Lilly
I made $140 in 30 minutes
— Shiraz Zafar Hussain
5 Essential Freelancing Tips for Success on Upwork
— Ryan Austin
Why You Need To Write Ideas the Moment You Have Them
— Zehn Ninos
The Middle of a Novel is the Hardest Part to Write
— Amy L. Bernstein
I Accidentally Came Up With 18 Topics To Write About
— Humaira Iqbal
How Attention-Seeking Behavior Will Ruin You as a Creative
— Justin Taylor
What to Do When Your Story Becomes Too Complex
— E.P. Hasan
Not Sure What to Write About?
— Valerie Delzer
Writer’s block is a myth, here’s why
— Austin M. Nelson
15 Questions Your Ghostwriter Should Be Asking You
— Allen R Smith
Conclusions
Although many more captivating stories exist, I ran out of time to include them all today.
I trust you will find these narratives as informative and engaging as I did. Engaging with these writers meaningfully will be a rewarding experience.
Remember that every writer should have a bio. Feel free to submit yours to any of my publications, and I will add it to our growing collection. Our audience appreciates personal stories and wishes to connect with writers.
If you're a top writer, please share your thoughts in the comments section so I can include you in this collection. Aspiring top writers can refer to this guide, as Medium rewards the top 2,000 writers.
I encourage you to explore and enjoy some stories from our Featured Stories Collection. A heartfelt thank you to our readers, contributing writers, and the editors of ILLUMINATION for their invaluable support.
Thank you for taking the time to read my insights. I wish you a fulfilling and healthy journey.
Our editors also curate stories from various publications. Be sure to check out the profiles of ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curator, and ILLUMINATION Amplifier for curated lists.
My Sample Stories for New Readers
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