How to Get Rejected by Medium Publications

Summary

The article provides humorous advice on how to ensure rejection by Medium publications, emphasizing the importance of following guidelines, originality, and proper attribution.

Abstract

The satirical piece titled "How to Get Rejected by Medium Publications" offers a tongue-in-cheek guide to authors seeking to experience the disappointment of having their work turned down. It suggests ignoring submission rules, publishing without regard to publication policies, plagiarizing content, blocking private feedback, neglecting spell checking, using uncredited images, and presenting unverified facts without citation. The author, Andrey Pilipets, draws from his experience as an editor at "New Writers Welcome" and humorously criticizes common submission faux pas, while also promoting his BootCamp column and inviting readers to subscribe to his work on Medium.

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The author implies that editors value writers who adhere to publication guidelines and submit original, well-researched, and properly formatted content.
There is an underlying frustration with authors who disregard the editorial process, as evidenced by the suggestion to "never ever read publication guidelines."
The piece suggests that editors are looking for serious writers who are open to feedback, as indicated by the advice to disallow private notes.
The author pokes fun at the lack of attention to detail by suggesting that spell checking and fact-checking are unnecessary, highlighting the importance of these tasks in the editorial process.
By mentioning the "New Writers Welcome" publication and its team, the author expresses a sense of community and support among Medium writers and editors.
The author's invitation to subscribe and join Medium through his links indicates a desire to build a readership and potentially benefit from referrals, while also emphasizing the value of membership in the Medium community.

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Like being rejected? Try these:

Never ever read publication guidelines. These ‘submission rules’ are long lists of requirements people wrote for some funny reason. Who cares anyway? Let editors figure out if their publication deserves your writing.

Publish your story before you add it to a publication. No reason to check if this publication accepts published stories.

Don’t bother writing yourself. You can always put together some information you googled or take someone’s story. Who would ever check this?

Disallow private notes. Make sure editors try a few times to figure out they can’t send you a feedback note

Spell checking is for losers. Who would need a free Grammarly plugin?

Never credit your images. Let editors guess if you have the right to use them.

You are the ultimate source of all facts and numbers. If you say that 63% of Americans only spend 12 minutes a day standing, who would doubt that?

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How to Get Rejected by Medium Publications

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Read writing from Andrey Pilipets on Medium. I’m a passionate online personal trainer for 10+ years. I love to create…