Curated Collection
Freelance Writing on Synergy #2
Sample stories about various aspects of writing, editing, blogging, copywriting, marketing featured from top writers

Dear Readers,
Happy New Year. Numerous experienced writers, bloggers, and editors contribute to our specialized publication, Synergy. It is designed to give voice to freelance writers, editors, and bloggers. In this post, we selected engaging and informative stories from active writers of Synergy on Medium.
Dr Mehmet Yildiz created this publication with the vision of bringing content developers from various backgrounds to a place, cross-pollinating, and allowing them to share their experiences.
He also linked it to Illumination Integrated Publications on Medium to create synergistic outcomes. Now, more than 13,700 writers contribute these publications. And over 10,000 of them collaborate in a Slack workspace. He invited writers to introduce their own publications , encouraged them to promote their mailing lists, and guided them become published authors using the power of Illumination Book Chapters hosting many books from published authors.
You can learn about the purpose of Synergy at this link. In addition, Dr Yildiz created two collections related to freelance writing previously: 1 — Featured Stories About “Writing” From The Top Writers of SYNERGY, 2 — The Power of Freelancing for Writers.
We believe you will find valuable advice stemming from the experience of these engaging writers in this eclectic collection.
Featured Articles from Synergy
Writer’s Block Is Real but Curable with Proven Techniques Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Saving 1465 Hours to Write Several Books a Year While Working Full Time Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Have Writer’s Block? Get Outside! A. Grace
Why I Refuse to Sell my Apple Stock AJ Krow
Do Your Part: How To Be The Best Kind Of Writer On Medium Alexandria Roswick
I Just Resigned from My Job to Write Full Time Alicia Eichman
Please Don’t Follow-for-Follow Alicia Lee Colasurdo
How to Build a Bulletproof Schedule for Maximum Efficiency Alicia Sekhri
How Your Belief That “Great Artists Steal” Cripples Your Creativity Amethyst Qu
What It Takes to Become A Full-Time Writer: Part II Andy Murphy
Happy 25th Anniversary XML Arlo Hennings
My Thoughts on Vocal Media B.R. Shenoy
The Best Personal Development Tip I Learned in 2021 Bhathiya
Top 4 Things Writers Should Never Do To Attract Readers Camille Parker
If you are an entrepreneur, this is the only one advice you should take. Camilo Zuluaga
Do Not Rely on Medium for an Income Carol Price
Optimization Factors on the Length of Articles Cathy Coombs
Social Sites Are For Building Audiences Not Money Chad Underwood
How Slack Created An “Enemy” to Promote Their Product: A Lesson in Copywriting Chandana Pitta
I Started Writing Better When I Stopped Caring About Writing Better Charlee Renee
Why Writers Struggle To Accept The Dreaded Rejection Letter Charlene Shelmire
4 Lessons I Learned From My First Year of Writing Chirry Kim
Open Letter To Those Who Beg Me To Buy Their Products, Yet Don’t Read My Articles Chrissie Marie Massey
Amazon is Making it Harder to Pay Them — What Can We Learn From Them Christie Adams - Writer
Why I Don’t Do Reviews for Amazon… Christina Szeman
Why I Don’t Do Reviews for Amazon…
Or from any other shopping sites with sellers in them.
medium.com
The Weeks Fly By Crypto Verse
If You Are A KDP Creator, You Need to Read This Right Away! Crystal Garrett
I Finally Cracked the Code on Becoming a Successful Freelancer Crystal Mathews
How Does a Commonplace Book Benefit Writers? Danielle Hestand
I Know Why You’re Not Making Money With Medium Referrals Delilah Brass
What Do You Need to Become a Top Writer in a Month Denys Opria
Ernest Hemingway’s Advice about Writing You Must Not Ignore Dew Langrial
Does Being A Writer Bring You Joy, If So Then Just Do It Dominic DiFrancesco
Here Is the Formula for Writing A Successful Story Dr. Deborah M. Vereen-Family Engagement Influencer
If you have more than 3 pinned stories Eleanor A
4 Awesome Online Writing Tools for Content and/or Copywriting Elizabeth Gordon
HOW TO NEVER RUN OUT OF CONTENT IDEAS. Elizabeth Loberg
Write Not for Money While Writing for Money Emmanuel A. Anderson
From Struggle to Triumph in 2022! Erin M.
The Opportunity to Illuminate in Illumination! Fanae-5, MS
When To Show Your Extra Skills At Work Fatunla Samuel
Please Just Stop! Francesco Rizzuto
5 Tips on How to Avoid Burnout as a Writer Gabriel Mihalcea
Freelancer, Get the Contract You Want in Upwork by Adding This Link to Your Proposal Gladys Carmina
How To Market Your Product To Get 10x Sales Hammad Hassan
4 Biggest Mistakes I Made as an Entrepreneur That I Regret Now Haris Khan
My “Quick” Methods of Writing That Saves Me Hours Daily James Christian
. 6 Effective Ways To Find What To Write About James Ssekamatte
This New Metaverse Project Just Beat Facebook to the Punch JD Renner
The Human Side of “The Great Resignation” Jean Pozo
How You Can Play Large in Private Practice Jeff Herring
24K Views, $1019, and 7 Lessons On The Makings of a Viral Article Jeffrey Harvey
The Doctrine of “You Never Know…” Jennifer Friebely
Resting Your Body May Just Be What You Need to Reactivate Your Creativity Jessica Bianchi
How I Self-Published My Book and You Can Too John Cunningham
Demolishing Business Misconceptions About Freelancers John Teehan
The Beggar Billionaire Jonathan Morris Schwartz
The Perpetual Medium Gerbil Wheel of “Almost There” Earnings Julia E Hubbel
Here is How a BLOG Can Help You Promote Your New Novel or Book Justiss Goode
Delight Readers with Your Stylish Escort Down the Page Kathy G Lynch
You Don’t Need to Get Lucky, You Need to Get Serious Kayla R. Minguez
10 New Ways To Mix-and-Match and Repurpose Your Cornerstone Content Keri Mangis
6 Valuable Writing Lessons I’ve Learned From Publishing 600+ Articles on Medium Khadejah
Want to TakeYour Social Media Management Skills to the Next Level? Kirsten Currie
I Think Medium Has One Philanthropist Algorithm Inside It. Kishan Prajapati
Ever Feel Like a Slug? Kris Downey
Content Creation Industry Will Become the New YouTube Kristina Segarra
Are You Outlining Your Articles? Neglecting This Step is Causing You To Fail Leah O'Daniel
To make money, to save money, to invest money Joseph Levente
When Is Your Best Writing Produced? Lola Rosario
Writers: Beware of Image Copyright Infringement Claim Scam Lorrae G.
Freelancing is not a Part-Time Job Mahnoor Chaudhry she/her
Everyone Has A Story Makayla Morales
Did You Know that Illumination is a Very Spiritual Publication? Marcus
Want To Share More Love In 2022? Max Mask, BSc, MBA.
Working Hard vs. Working Smart Cypriano Mokobia
Starting Your Job Search Right Out of College Meagvo
This Is How Much Medium Paid Me In 2021 Melih Gungor
7 Questions Medium Writers Should Ask Themselves Melinda Blau
SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING Mpdoc
5 Smart Technologies Which Will Revolutionize Business In 2030 Muhammad Ahtisham
A Quick and Powerful Technique You Can Use to Get Past Your Writer’s Block Murtaza Ali
I have been fortunate enough to parent two kids and foster other kitties for a month. Myriam Ben Salem🦋
Writers vs Readers: Are You Sure You’re Chasing The Right Audience? Nadezh Frank
Why Bother Writing Any More, so they say, when No One Reads Any More. nareeta martin
Bringing Good to the Neighborhood Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
Painting Fairies (and How I Came Up With My Artist Name) Niina's Fairychamber
How Do You Know If a Story Idea Is Worth Pursuing? Noah Nelson
Copywriting Lesson From Best Selling Author Steven Pressfield Noman Shaikh
Vocal Media Rejects My Article for “Religious Content” Nour Alhakk
Interested in creative writing? Øivind H. Solheim
3 Publications Looking For Non-fiction and Pay Between $100 to $1000 Per Story Pamela Kazmierczak
Running My First Medium Curation Contest Patrick Witz
3 HEMINGWAY BOOKS YOU MUST READ TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL CONTENT WRITER IN 2022 Pisoglou
What Is SEO and Why Does it Matter? Ramsay Lewis
6 Ways to Make Money Helping Other People Richard Appiah
Is Redbubble Worth It? Rowena Kiiski
Ten Reasons Why Medium Has Been One of the Best Things to Happen to Me Ruby Lee
How to Start a Crypto Blog and Make Money in 2022 — Part 1 Sam Maiyaki
Bring Your Work to Life Sanket Pai
Make $1,000 a Month Real Fast Using Zip Recruiter Sara Marium
Financial Freedom By the Numbers and How to Get There Savytech articles
How to Bleed the First Line Scot Butwell
4 Reasons Why We Burnout As Content Creators Sean Peck
Medium Doesn’t Owe You a Damn Thing Shauna
Blockchain Series: What are distributed ledgers? Simran Ghera
Stop doing these unless this will drain your Energy. Soubhagya Sahu
My Inspiration For Daily Trips Through History Stuart Englander
Human nature; Responses to November’s Writing Prompt Contest….. Tara Desai PhD
Why Affiliate Marketing Does Not Suck! Thea Williams Scalco
How do Travel Agents get paid? TheTravelAgents
How you can write more quickly Thijs Nijenhuis
I Have Dipped My Toe Back Into The Unrelenting Disciple Of Writing Every Day Toni Crowe
Britannica Vs. Wiki Tooth Truth Roopa Vikesh
How to trick people into thinking you are wise. Tree Langdon
The Pros and Cons of Vocal Media: Is it Worth it? Trisha Dunbar (She/Her)
I Know Exactly Why These Two Articles Went Viral Zoey Hale
Thank you for reading these excellent stories.
If you missed the curated collections from ILLUMINATION, you may get them from these links: Curated Collection #1, Curated Collection #2, Curated Collection #3, Curated Collection #4, Curated Collection #5, Curated Collection #6, Curated Collection #7, Curated Collection #8, Curated Collection #9. You may also check collections of featured stories created by other editors.
Useful References for New Writers
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
Conduct Guidelines for ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
No Defamation, Discrimination, And Hate Speech Published
Copyright Matters: Zero tolerance to plagiarism on ILLUMINATION
Why Image Copyrights Matter for Writers and Editors
Use of Affiliate Links On Medium
A Compelling Passive Income Stream For Freelance Writers
How to Survive and Thrive on Medium
Five Questions To Increase Curation Chance and Reading Fans
How To Become A Top Writer In Three Months
6 Easy & Proven Tips to Increase Followers
8 Proven Tips to Build a Rock-Solid Reading Audience
How Writers Can Use YouTube Creatively and Productively
How To Triple Your Writing Income Methodically
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
100 Day Challenge For New Writers
Invitation To A Writing Challenge
How To Create A 30,000 Words E-book In A Month
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