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best picture for it. If you want to produce one great Medium story every few days, then fine.But if you want to treat Medium more like a part-time job and produce additional work, you’re going to need to write your Medium stories faster.<h1 id="9469">3. Writing Medium Stories Fast Helps Soothe Your Ego When Your Latest Piece Dies a Quick Death</h1>It’s always disappointing when you put your heart into a Medium story that just doesn’t gather any interest from readers for whatever reason. You hit ‘Publish’ and wait for the reads and claps and responses to roll in…and they don’t.You click on the story a day later, and you have three views, two reads, and one clap.And what always makes this reality worse is when you spent two or more hours on the Medium story. When a good chunk of your day was given over to a piece on Medium that didn’t perform to your expectations.The one thing that helps diminish the pain is when you at least wrote the first draft fast. When you didn’t spend hours and hours on the story in the first place.A few months ago, I spent three hours on a Medium story that got zero claps. An entire morning basically given over to this piece, and, as it turned out, nobody cared.That one hurt big time. And I couldn’t help but think in the days that followed how much better I would have felt about the whole debacle if I had just written that first draft faster.<h1 id="d056">Here’s My Normal Pace of Writing, Revising, and Publishing a Medium Story</h1>First, whenever possible, I try to write my Medium stories a day ahead. I love waking up in the morning knowing I already have two or more stories ready to go. Where all I have to do is power up my laptop, click on the story, read through it one last time, and hit ‘Publish.’ It’s such a great way to start your day on Medium.Once I’ve decided on the stories I want to publish the following day, I sit down and start writing. Again, on average, I spend 15 minutes writing the first draft of a Medium story. It’s the first thing I do — just write the thing.Second, I add the headline, subtitle, and photo. This process usually takes 10 minutes. Two to three minutes to test headlines and go with the one that works the best. Five to six minutes scrolling through photos on Pixabay or Unsplash before I choose one. Then I copy and paste my Upscribe form and bio at the bottom of the article.<p id

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="ccb0">Third, before I move on to my next new piece, I slowly (not quickly!) read through the article while I add bolded titles and quotes to the piece. This process takes 10 to 20 minutes.Fourth, I let the Medium story rest for the rest of the day, and then the following morning, after I wake up and eat breakfast, I turn on my laptop and click over to Medium. Before I hit ‘Publish,’ I take five to 10 more minutes and read through the story one last time. This final read I’m mostly looking for typos and misspellings and awkward sentences. I give the piece one final polish.Fifth, I click on ‘Ready to Publish’ at the top of the page, double-check that the headline and subtitle are good to go, pick the five tags I feel represent the story best, and then finally hit the ‘Publish’ button.So from writing the first sentence of the piece to publishing it to Medium, I will spend, on average, one hour or so on a story. This hour includes the writing of it, the design of it, the revision of it, the polish of it, and the publishing of it.One final step in the process, of course, is promoting the story. On Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, email lists, publication letters, and more. I might take just 10 minutes for this part, or 20 minutes or longer if there’s a ton of engagement from readers. It kind of depends on the story.<h1 id="5977">So Give It a Try — Write the First Drafts of Your Medium Stories a Little Bit Faster</h1>This is not to say you should write your Medium story fast and then automatically hit ‘Publish.’Writing the first draft of your story is just one crucial step toward the finish line. One of many steps — five or more.Writing your first draft quickly doesn’t mean you shouldn’t spend considerable time revising and polishing the piece and ensuring that it’s the absolute best it can be.Writing your Medium stories fast will ensure that you’re not censoring yourself or overthinking when you write, it will allow you to produce more content, and it will help heal the sting of an article that for whatever reason doesn’t perform.Ultimately, writing any of your creative work fast is a practice you should learn to fall in love with.As soon as I started doing so, my writing continued to get better and better, and I can’t imagine attempting a short story or a novel, or yes, a Medium piece, any other way!</article></body>

3 Reasons Why You Should Write Your Stories Quickly on Medium

It’s about judging yourself less, producing more, and calming your ego

You can write your Medium story any way you want.

You can write it the night before you publish it, or you can write it right before you publish it.

You can write it slowly, editing as you go, stopping to take breaks at times and watch some TV.

You truly can write your story as slow or as fast as you want.

But I believe the key to success on Medium is writing your stories quickly, and here are three reasons why.

1. Writing Medium Stories Fast Helps You Get Your Ideas Down Without Judgment

This is especially true of more personal pieces. If I stop for too long and consider the story I’m writing, I might change things in my story that aren’t necessary.

I might not be as true and authentic as I could be. I might not use the full extent of my imagination.

Ultimately, there’s no such thing as failure on Medium, only writing a story that isn’t as honest and helpful and inspirational as it could be.

Writing the first drafts of your Medium stories fast gives you permission to soar as a writer and have fun. It also prevents you from stopping and reflecting so much that your pieces might actually suffer because of it.

2. Writing Medium Stories Fast Helps You Produce More Content

People have asked me for years how I manage to write so many novels, and people have asked me in recent weeks how in the world I’m able to write so many Medium stories in such a short period of time.

The big answer is that I like to write my first drafts fast. How fast?

For a typical Medium story I produce that’s a three or four-minute read, I write the first draft in ten to 20 minutes. I’d say 15 minutes is average.

If you want to try for two new Medium stories a day or more, you can’t be precious with every new piece you write.

You can’t spend three hours slowly writing the first draft, and then another hour revising it, and then another hour finding the best picture for it. If you want to produce one great Medium story every few days, then fine.

But if you want to treat Medium more like a part-time job and produce additional work, you’re going to need to write your Medium stories faster.

3. Writing Medium Stories Fast Helps Soothe Your Ego When Your Latest Piece Dies a Quick Death

It’s always disappointing when you put your heart into a Medium story that just doesn’t gather any interest from readers for whatever reason. You hit ‘Publish’ and wait for the reads and claps and responses to roll in…and they don’t.

You click on the story a day later, and you have three views, two reads, and one clap.

And what always makes this reality worse is when you spent two or more hours on the Medium story. When a good chunk of your day was given over to a piece on Medium that didn’t perform to your expectations.

The one thing that helps diminish the pain is when you at least wrote the first draft fast. When you didn’t spend hours and hours on the story in the first place.

A few months ago, I spent three hours on a Medium story that got zero claps. An entire morning basically given over to this piece, and, as it turned out, nobody cared.

That one hurt big time. And I couldn’t help but think in the days that followed how much better I would have felt about the whole debacle if I had just written that first draft faster.

Here’s My Normal Pace of Writing, Revising, and Publishing a Medium Story

First, whenever possible, I try to write my Medium stories a day ahead. I love waking up in the morning knowing I already have two or more stories ready to go. Where all I have to do is power up my laptop, click on the story, read through it one last time, and hit ‘Publish.’ It’s such a great way to start your day on Medium.

Once I’ve decided on the stories I want to publish the following day, I sit down and start writing. Again, on average, I spend 15 minutes writing the first draft of a Medium story. It’s the first thing I do — just write the thing.

Second, I add the headline, subtitle, and photo. This process usually takes 10 minutes. Two to three minutes to test headlines and go with the one that works the best. Five to six minutes scrolling through photos on Pixabay or Unsplash before I choose one. Then I copy and paste my Upscribe form and bio at the bottom of the article.

Third, before I move on to my next new piece, I slowly (not quickly!) read through the article while I add bolded titles and quotes to the piece. This process takes 10 to 20 minutes.

Fourth, I let the Medium story rest for the rest of the day, and then the following morning, after I wake up and eat breakfast, I turn on my laptop and click over to Medium. Before I hit ‘Publish,’ I take five to 10 more minutes and read through the story one last time. This final read I’m mostly looking for typos and misspellings and awkward sentences. I give the piece one final polish.

Fifth, I click on ‘Ready to Publish’ at the top of the page, double-check that the headline and subtitle are good to go, pick the five tags I feel represent the story best, and then finally hit the ‘Publish’ button.

So from writing the first sentence of the piece to publishing it to Medium, I will spend, on average, one hour or so on a story. This hour includes the writing of it, the design of it, the revision of it, the polish of it, and the publishing of it.

One final step in the process, of course, is promoting the story. On Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, email lists, publication letters, and more. I might take just 10 minutes for this part, or 20 minutes or longer if there’s a ton of engagement from readers. It kind of depends on the story.

So Give It a Try — Write the First Drafts of Your Medium Stories a Little Bit Faster

This is not to say you should write your Medium story fast and then automatically hit ‘Publish.’

Writing the first draft of your story is just one crucial step toward the finish line. One of many steps — five or more.

Writing your first draft quickly doesn’t mean you shouldn’t spend considerable time revising and polishing the piece and ensuring that it’s the absolute best it can be.

Writing your Medium stories fast will ensure that you’re not censoring yourself or overthinking when you write, it will allow you to produce more content, and it will help heal the sting of an article that for whatever reason doesn’t perform.

Ultimately, writing any of your creative work fast is a practice you should learn to fall in love with.

As soon as I started doing so, my writing continued to get better and better, and I can’t imagine attempting a short story or a novel, or yes, a Medium piece, any other way!