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out a new style of writing and experiment with your writing. You have little to lose and much to gain.</li></ul><h2 id="7000">3. Write something out of your comfort zone</h2><p id="8f89">Why not get out of your comfort zone and try writing that shares more of you in it? Go deeper with a piece or talk a little bit more about yourself in it. There are so many thousands of posts published every day. Random advice that doesn’t include your personal experience is not as credible as your own story and situation. Try to include more of yourself into your own writing to get out of your comfort zone. Share your perspective, your journey or your story to help make the points that you’re trying to make.</p><ul><li>Try more authentic and vulnerable writing. Get out of your comfort zone and write a little bit more of yourself into your pieces.</li></ul><h2 id="637f">4. Keep a notebook of headlines that you read</h2><p id="d656">Don’t just read posts on the platform but pay special attention to the headlines. People are always telling you to write great headlines, right? The best way to pick up good headlines, create good headlines and know what headlines work is to capture the headlines of articles that you read. I’ve started keeping a headline journal of articles that I click on. If I clicked on it, it must interest me. If there’s lots of claps and comments for it, it must have attracted other people to it too.</p><ul><li>Be mindful of the other headlines on the Medium platform. Find a way to capture and keep effective headlines that you can customize for future posts.</li></ul><h2 id="d26b">5. Create a 30, 60 or 90-day writing challenge for yourself</h2><p id="fefe">Part of success on Medium, I’m convinced, is regular writing. From everything I’ve read and seen from the top writers, they encourage regular writing and publication. The more you write, the more consistent you’ll become. The more you publish, the more opportunities you have for an article to do well. The more you write, the more you can improve. Instead of complaining about Medium, why not challenge yourself to write more on Medium? Why not give yourself 30, 60 or 90 days of time to write consistently on Medium to see how you do on the platform?</p><ul><li>Create a daily writing practice for 30, 60 or 90 days. Write and publish every day for a month or more and see your results at the end.</li></ul><h2 id="8589">6. Write about something you see on the news.</h2><p id="0a54">I’m not sure if I’d call this article a viral one but it was one of my most popular articles with more than 7,000 views. I write about divorce and breakups for my personal blog so when I heard that personal development guru and author, Rachel Hollis, was getting a divorce, I wrote about it last year <a href="https://vishnusvirtues.medium.com/7-unspoken-lessons-from-rachel-holliss-divorce-announcement-69d6279d9420">on Medium</a>. It ended up being one of my most popular posts and was read thousands of times during the week that I posted it because many people were searching about the Rachel Hollis divorce. <b><i>Try writing about newsworthy articles that people are searching about to boost views and reads of your articles.</i></b></p><ul><li>Keep up with the news and try to capture a perspective about a newsworthy event. Write and publish the article w

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hen the news story is still in the news.</li></ul><h2 id="6454">7. Come up with 10 new post ideas a day</h2><p id="f03d">You’re much more likely to get ahead on Medium if you’re regularly brainstorming new ideas. Set a goal for yourself to keep up with a certain number of post ideas every day. Some people write either 5 or 10 ideas out every day. Keep a journal of post ideas or topics that you can go back to. Come up with a lot more ideas than you actually write about. You can brainstorm endless and you don’t have to write about every idea that you come up with. Brainstorm many ideas and write about the ones that resonated with you the most.</p><ul><li>Set a daily habit of brainstorming 5 or more post ideas. Write down post topics and headlines in a journal for later use.</li></ul><h2 id="b891">8. Support other Medium writers</h2><p id="49e9">Supporting other Medium writers can help you in your own writing. I was following the 30-day challenge that <a href="undefined">Kristy Lynn</a> did. Every day for the month of February, she read 3 articles a day by a Medium writer. She read it in full and reported on it in her own daily posts. Now, you may be wondering how can reading other people’s writing help your own? Kristy is likely noticing what’s working and what’s not when she reads other writers. She’s likely getting inspired to write posts for herself later on and she’s building a strong network of readers for herself when she does go back to writing about other topics.</p><ul><li>When you support other writers, they’ll support you. When you read other writers, you’ll be inspired with topics and stories to write about.</li></ul><h2 id="295e">9. Find the reason that you’re on Medium</h2><p id="564c">Find a reason to be on Medium that isn't about money. You cannot be on Medium for the long-term if you’re making it simply about how much you earn. You have to figure out your “why” and stay committed to your why.</p><p id="3b3a" type="7">Medium is just a medium for you to share your thoughts, share your message or share your knowledge with the world.</p><p id="3c9b">Why do you write? How can Medium help you move that goal forward? If you’re writing to earn a living, let me suggest other ways of doing it like copywriting or freelance writing. Take some time to get clear on what Medium can help you do, outside of earning financially.</p><ul><li>To stay motivated on Medium, come up with your non-financial “why” to keep writing. What is your underlying motivation and inspiration?</li></ul><h1 id="65f5">Get better, not bitter</h1><p id="61fc">Life’s too short and Medium is too challenging to sit around complaining all day about the site. One thing you can do if you’re feeling frustrated about Medium is to take a break from Medium for some time. You can step away, figure out what motivates you to write, and come back when you’re ready.</p><p id="4a8a">In the meantime, you can try the 9 strategies I’ve described above. You can spend some time brainstorming, reading more, analyzing headlines, or coming up with writing challenges for yourself.</p><p id="c7ec">You can either be bitter about Medium or improve and get better at it.</p><p id="0d3d"><b><i>What are you doing to get better at Medium? Leave suggestions to help other writers out in the comments below.</i></b></p></article></body>

9 Ways to Improve Instead of Complaining About Your Medium Income

Put your writing energy to better use

Nothing feels as good as complaining about your Medium earnings.

You are the protagonist in your writing journey. You may believe that the evil Medium empire is focused on bringing you down. You’re putting effort and work into your writing yet not getting the results that you want.

Privately and publicly, you continue to grumble about your Medium woes and how Medium isn’t paying off for you. Instead of trying to succeed on the system, you’ve resolved to live your life complaining about how little Medium is paying you or how much your earnings have dropped off in the past year.

I get it. I’ve been there and still am. My earnings have hit the 3 figure mark but increasing at a snail’s pace. While my monthly earnings are consistent, they are far less than the number of hours I put into my writing. It’s easy to fall into the “woe is me” Medium crowd and complain about how terrible writing for Medium is to my monthly earnings.

I’m choosing not to do go down the rabbit hole of complaints and airing my frustrations on Facebook groups. Complaining about the lack of earnings or progress on Medium feels good but doesn’t get you very far.

It can be frustrating for you not to earn the income you want to earn from Medium. You put so much time and effort into it and it’s not paying off. If you feel like giving up on Medium or perpetually whine about your lack of earnings, let me suggest a different strategy.

Here are 9 more productive solutions.

9 Ways to Improve Instead of Complaining About Your Medium Income

1. Read more and take in more information.

You can get better by reading more on the platform and off the platform. You can gather new ideas and read the philosophies of other writers. You can read about writing, about culture, about politics or other fictional pieces. Read other non-fiction authors as well to gather and refine your own thoughts and thinking. The more you absorb and the more you are introduced to other writing and ideas, the more likely your own writing is going to improve.

Commit some time each to reading other people on Medium or other works outside of Medium

2. Write something you’d never write

What do you have to lose when you’re not doing well on Medium? Why not write things that you’re not used to writing? Why continue to write the same stuff? If it’s not working, try something new? If you’re a poet, try a non-fiction piece. If you’re a personal growth writer, try a poem. Write fiction, history, a book review or a crime story.

Try out a new style of writing and experiment with your writing. You have little to lose and much to gain.

3. Write something out of your comfort zone

Why not get out of your comfort zone and try writing that shares more of you in it? Go deeper with a piece or talk a little bit more about yourself in it. There are so many thousands of posts published every day. Random advice that doesn’t include your personal experience is not as credible as your own story and situation. Try to include more of yourself into your own writing to get out of your comfort zone. Share your perspective, your journey or your story to help make the points that you’re trying to make.

Try more authentic and vulnerable writing. Get out of your comfort zone and write a little bit more of yourself into your pieces.

4. Keep a notebook of headlines that you read

Don’t just read posts on the platform but pay special attention to the headlines. People are always telling you to write great headlines, right? The best way to pick up good headlines, create good headlines and know what headlines work is to capture the headlines of articles that you read. I’ve started keeping a headline journal of articles that I click on. If I clicked on it, it must interest me. If there’s lots of claps and comments for it, it must have attracted other people to it too.

Be mindful of the other headlines on the Medium platform. Find a way to capture and keep effective headlines that you can customize for future posts.

5. Create a 30, 60 or 90-day writing challenge for yourself

Part of success on Medium, I’m convinced, is regular writing. From everything I’ve read and seen from the top writers, they encourage regular writing and publication. The more you write, the more consistent you’ll become. The more you publish, the more opportunities you have for an article to do well. The more you write, the more you can improve. Instead of complaining about Medium, why not challenge yourself to write more on Medium? Why not give yourself 30, 60 or 90 days of time to write consistently on Medium to see how you do on the platform?

Create a daily writing practice for 30, 60 or 90 days. Write and publish every day for a month or more and see your results at the end.

6. Write about something you see on the news.

I’m not sure if I’d call this article a viral one but it was one of my most popular articles with more than 7,000 views. I write about divorce and breakups for my personal blog so when I heard that personal development guru and author, Rachel Hollis, was getting a divorce, I wrote about it last year on Medium. It ended up being one of my most popular posts and was read thousands of times during the week that I posted it because many people were searching about the Rachel Hollis divorce. Try writing about newsworthy articles that people are searching about to boost views and reads of your articles.

Keep up with the news and try to capture a perspective about a newsworthy event. Write and publish the article when the news story is still in the news.

7. Come up with 10 new post ideas a day

You’re much more likely to get ahead on Medium if you’re regularly brainstorming new ideas. Set a goal for yourself to keep up with a certain number of post ideas every day. Some people write either 5 or 10 ideas out every day. Keep a journal of post ideas or topics that you can go back to. Come up with a lot more ideas than you actually write about. You can brainstorm endless and you don’t have to write about every idea that you come up with. Brainstorm many ideas and write about the ones that resonated with you the most.

Set a daily habit of brainstorming 5 or more post ideas. Write down post topics and headlines in a journal for later use.

8. Support other Medium writers

Supporting other Medium writers can help you in your own writing. I was following the 30-day challenge that Kristy Lynn did. Every day for the month of February, she read 3 articles a day by a Medium writer. She read it in full and reported on it in her own daily posts. Now, you may be wondering how can reading other people’s writing help your own? Kristy is likely noticing what’s working and what’s not when she reads other writers. She’s likely getting inspired to write posts for herself later on and she’s building a strong network of readers for herself when she does go back to writing about other topics.

When you support other writers, they’ll support you. When you read other writers, you’ll be inspired with topics and stories to write about.

9. Find the reason that you’re on Medium

Find a reason to be on Medium that isn't about money. You cannot be on Medium for the long-term if you’re making it simply about how much you earn. You have to figure out your “why” and stay committed to your why.

Medium is just a medium for you to share your thoughts, share your message or share your knowledge with the world.

Why do you write? How can Medium help you move that goal forward? If you’re writing to earn a living, let me suggest other ways of doing it like copywriting or freelance writing. Take some time to get clear on what Medium can help you do, outside of earning financially.

To stay motivated on Medium, come up with your non-financial “why” to keep writing. What is your underlying motivation and inspiration?

Get better, not bitter

Life’s too short and Medium is too challenging to sit around complaining all day about the site. One thing you can do if you’re feeling frustrated about Medium is to take a break from Medium for some time. You can step away, figure out what motivates you to write, and come back when you’re ready.

In the meantime, you can try the 9 strategies I’ve described above. You can spend some time brainstorming, reading more, analyzing headlines, or coming up with writing challenges for yourself.

You can either be bitter about Medium or improve and get better at it.

What are you doing to get better at Medium? Leave suggestions to help other writers out in the comments below.