3 Ways to Know When It’s Time to Publish Any Article You Ever Write
This will help you immensely as a writer.
What’s the hardest part about being a writer?
- Lacking inspiration?
- Not enough time to write?
- Insecurity?
All of these and so many more obstacles play into our writing life at least once. But there’s one more obstacle we face and should be aware of.
Wondering if it’s time to publish an article.
This has happened to me hundreds of times in the past. I never know when the perfect time is to publish an article.
But I use the following tips to know for sure. Hopefully, they will help you too.
You Can’t Stop Thinking About It
Is it a topic you love to talk about or something on your mind? Yes?
Then what’re you waiting for? Publish the damn thing.
You’re clearly passionate about the subject matter. You can’t think about anything else. The only thing you have left to do is publish it.
Don’t worry about its readership or stats. Just know it’s the best piece of your work yet and go for it.
You never know unless you try.
You Don’t Have Anything Else to Say About the Article’s Topic Matter
Have you said everything you wanted to? Can’t think of anything else to say?
Then it’s time to publish.
When you’ve written everything you needed to for an article, there’s nothing else to do but publish. You’ve done all that you can.
And now your readers can wait to click on it.
Have faith in your work and don’t worry about what anyone else says. It’s your work and you should be proud of it.
Put it out into the world and see what happens.
Most of the time, what comes next is beautiful.
You Feel in Your Gut to Publish It
It’s like making an important decision in life. You have to trust your gut to know you’re making the right choice.
Publishing any article is the same way.
You can’t stop thinking about it. You don’t have much else to say about the topic matter.
So, what’re you waiting for?
Your gut will tell you when the time is right. Most of the time, it’s pretty accurate.
Closing Thoughts
Writing any article can be intimidating. But publishing it can be even worse.
But you have to face the music and publish the article. You have nothing else to lose.
You know the time is right when:
- You Can’t Stop Thinking About It
- You Don’t Have Anything Else to Say About the Article’s Topic Matter
- You Feel in Your Gut to Publish It
This is a giant obstacle in everyone’s writing life at some point or another. It will be for you too.
Take these tips into consideration when publishing your next article. It may just be the kick in the pants you need.
I can’t wait to read what you write next.
Noah Nelson is a senior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign majoring in journalism with minors in political science and history. He serves as a senior columnist for The Daily Illini, a writer on Medium and the host of his blog called Nothing But Noah. “Life: A Collection of Short Stories” is his first book available now on Amazon. Like what you read? You can write for Medium too!
