I have only been on Medium for two weeks now. Before that, I was completely oblivious to the site, although I’d read a few articles published on Medium here and there. I have been liking my experience on this site quite a bit, however, I have noticed several hard-to-miss trends here. And hundreds upon hundreds of writing advice, some of which are quite aggressive and demotivating as well.

I was a Literature student, I studied creative writing, philosophy, and political science at the university level too. I mostly write on these things, and considering I was in a research university, we had rigorous writing-betterment tools: workshops, heavy feedback, published academics’ advice, et cetera. So although I am new to the site I am not new to writing, more importantly, not new to regular writing.

Here are some of the things I have learned from my writing journey so far, but also some things that I want to bring up that are Medium-specific:

1. The Thing About Niches

Most of the articles on Medium that talk of niches have a very profit-oriented vision. Niche does not just mean a sphere of culture/ideas you want to write about, but it means a sphere that will get you traction.

There are a few problems with this, but the main one being that your niche, the sphere of culture/ideas, should also be one that you want to know about rather than just write on. Knowing, reading, consuming things in your niche is so much more important than writing in it.

2. Experiences

One of my favorite advises I got from my professor was that to become better at writing I have to become better at living.

By ‘become better at living’ he did not mean stability, self-care, security or anything of that sort. He meant that one has to know how to take away from the experiences, from everyday living, from conversations, and to enjoy doing it. The feeling of curiosity will transfer into your work and effort, and thus, into your writing too.

3. What do You Want to Know?

Regardless of what kind of writing it is that you’re doing, make it a point to include at least one new thing: one thing that you yourself are not fully aware of, that you have to read and search about. Ask yourself, what is it that I want to know further?

This will do a couple of things to instantly better your piece:

- you will be more involved in your own writing now, and this is important; if you’re writing something you already know everything about, chances are it is because you want to write it for the sake of sending it out to the internet

- your curiosity will pass over to the reader

- you will learn something you’re writing about

- you will spend more time with your written piece, which is always good

4. “If you find your piece ‘simple’, it is probably not worth reading.”

This may sound harsh. One of my professors announced this in the class two nights before our final research papers were due. But this advise works like a charm.

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She pushed her glasses back onto the bridge of her nose, slightly tilted her head backward, and looked at the numbers in the spreadsheet on the screen in front of her. They make absolutely no sense.

She knew there was an error somewhere in a formula, but no matter how hard she looked, she couldn't find it. Turning her head right, she studied the second screen, from where she had input the data. She almost expected the page to magically light up and give her a hint.

It didn't.

Neither did the third screen in her home office.

With a sigh, she took her glasses off, lay it down on the desk, and leaned back in her chair, her eyes closed.

There were only two things that would help now. Either she had to call it a day and try again tomorrow, or she needed to relieve some of her stress so she could think clearly again.

The only thing was, the report was due at the start of business the next morning. She spread her legs and slipped her hand into her panties, knowing soon she could concentrate on the numbers again.

Now I have your attention. It's time to share some statistics with you.

When I reached 100 articles (a combination of fiction, real-life, and photography), I did a statistics post to celebrate the occasion. I did the same when I reached 200 articles, which makes it only logical to do it again now that I have added another 100 pieces.

That said, my previous articles followed a specific format, but because some things have changed on Medium, this one will look different.

Sharing the numbers

Of the third set of 100 posts, 63% were fiction (erotic, transgressive, flash, and other fiction), 19% were about my life or mental health, 8% dealt with different subjects, 6% were book reviews, 3% photography and 1% about me.

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