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Summary

The article discusses the importance of building relationships and collaborating with other writers on Medium to improve one's writing karma, which in turn influences a writer's success on the platform.

Abstract

The article emphasizes that a writer's success on Medium is not solely dependent on individual effort but also on the relationships they build within the writing community. The concept of "writing karma" is introduced as a reflection of a writer's interactions, including reading, clapping, and commenting on others' work. The author shares personal experience and the observations of peers like Jameson Steward, Elena Cooper, and Yana Bostongirl, noting that positive engagement with fellow writers leads to better outcomes. The article suggests that actions taken by writers have a ripple effect, impacting their future prospects on the platform, and that this "karma" is something that must be actively cultivated rather than bestowed.

Opinions

  • The author believes that collaboration and relationship-building are underrated superpowers for writers on Medium.
  • Engaging with other writers through reading, clapping, and commenting is seen as a way to improve one's writing karma and success.
  • The author and their friends have personally experienced the positive impact of good writing karma on Medium.
  • The article posits that events in the writing world, including success on Medium, are not random but often have a cause-and-effect relationship tied to one's writing karma.
  • Writing karma is portrayed as something that writers must earn through their actions and interactions within the Medium community.

How Your Writing Karma Influences Your Success On Medium

Positively or negatively.

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Our most underrated superpower as writers is collaborating with others. Medium wants us to ‘get relational’ instead of putting ourselves in the center of everything.

In my early days on Medium, I worked in a silo.

Luckily, within a few months, I discovered that by building relationships, getting to know other writers, reading, and clapping as well as commenting I’ve also had better results.

My friends Jameson Steward, as well as Elena Cooper and Yana Bostongirl, also noticed this phenomenon.

In my opinion, all writers on this platform have ‘writing karma’.

Whatever happens in the writing world usually happens for a reason.

Whatever you do now will impact your online writing business at some point in the future — positively or negatively.

‘Writing karma’ is something you definitely have to work for, nobody gives it to you.

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