Guidance for New Writers
How to Increase Your Writing Income
Guide for writers of “Readers Hope”, a new initiative cross-pollinating writers and readers
Context
Freelance writers need to be proactive to generate new income streams to stay competitive in business. Meaningful engagement and collaboration between writers and readers is a productive way of increasing income.
Readers Hope is a new publication aiming to transform avid readers into prolific writers using a unique method.
Purpose
The purpose of this post is to introduce helpful content to give you valuable perspectives and guidance. In this post, I share guiding posts created by the chief editor of ILLUMINATION Integrated publications, Dr Mehmet Yildiz, who supports thousands of writers and readers via his publications.
Guiding Stories
These posts will provide the fundamental information you need to increase your audience and the chance of earning more income on Medium.
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Conclusions
We are excited about creating a new initiative aiming to transform readers into writers. We know many writers on this platform who write for the sheer joy of it and some writers who want to create alternative income streams. This new platform caters for the needs of both types of writers. Further details will be available shortly.
If you are a new writer please start with our onboarding pack which includes important information.
We have a new AI-Generated content policy. Please review the details.
We also created a new publication for writers using AI tools like ChatGPT. If you are interested you can join the Lampshade of Illumination by sending your Medium Id via our writer registration platform.
Essential Guides for All Contributors
Writing Challenges and Prompts for Contributors
Our prolific contributors might consider joining these writing challenges to find new readers and increase their reading times.
Participating in these challenges might increase the chance of becoming a top writer in three months. Dr. Yildiz provided guidance on this opportunity.
How to Become a Top Writer in Three Months on Medium
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How to Write Content Guaranteed to Get Views and Reads
Key Publishing References
1 — Why ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications Features Stories
2 — Starter Kit for Writers of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
3 — Update from ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
4 — Process and Procedures
5 — Curated Writer Bios
Curated Writer Bios
Learn about contributing writers of ILLUMINATION written by their pen
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Update on Featuring Contributors of ILLUMINATION
Collaboration and cross-pollination is our goal to bring writers and readers to one place. We are a diverse and inclusive reading and writing community on Medium. Our publications support 19,500 writers.
We offer additional support to our writers via Illumination Slack Workspace, where writers safely communicate and share story links. Currently, our Slack group has 14,800+ members. In addition, ILLUMINATION editors feature our writers and their content in the story and interview format.
Interviews with Writers
Dr Mehmet Yildiz, our chief editor, also interviews published authors and many writers contributing to our publications. You might check out interviewed writers in this collection.
You can join Readers Hope by sending a request via this web form.
Invitation to New Writers
To join our vibrant publications, please send a request via this link. We will help you gain visibility and succeed as a writer on Medium. Please mention the publication name with your Medium account ID in the request. If you are new to Medium, you can join via this link. Readers can read thousands of stories, and writers can monetize self-published content.
