“Inside the Minds of Writers: Reflections on the Top 5 Must-Reads”
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Introduction
As the creator of the Top 5 Must Reads of the Day, I have to say that it was truly a dream come true for me.
- It all started with one inspiring article that caught my attention.
Amalia — “My 30 Medium Stories of the week #6–30 stories I want to share with ya.”
The passion and dedication of Amalia behind this article really resonated with me,and i am sure with hundred or even more people like me.
I found myself wanting to create something similar, but with a unique twist.
And so, the idea of the Top 5 Must Reads of the Day was born.
The concept was simple: to connect writers and readers by curating a daily list of must-read articles, all in a format that was easily digestible and concise.
- As I began curating these lists, I felt a sense of excitement and fulfillment that I had never experienced before.
It was truly amazing to be able to share my love of writing and reading with others, and help to connect people with stories that could inspire, inform, and entertain you.
So to all the writers and readers who have supported the Top 5 Must Reads of the Day, I want to say a heartfelt thank you.
Your encouragement and engagement have truly made this dream come alive, and I can’t wait to continue sharing the best of the best with you every single day.
Dear readers
I started this Edition with the goal and exclusive intention of providing a publication that would allow readers to discover new and exciting ideas, while also fostering a community of curious and engaged individuals who are passionate about learning and personal growth.
Through your feedback, comments, and shares, we have been able to create a space that not only inspires us to continue our work but also motivates us to find even more amazing content to share with you.
So, from the bottom of My heart, I want to say thank you.
Thank you for being a part of this journey with me, and for your ongoing support of my mission to bring valuable and enriching content to your fingertips each day.
I can’t wait to see what the future holds, and we hope you’ll continue to join me on this exciting ride.
With gratitude, Francisco Iglesias
Dear writers
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I want to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for participating in the “Top 5 Must Reads of the Day” edition.
Your words have inspired and captivated all of us, and I couldn’t be more grateful for your contribution.
I would like to extend an invitation to each of you to share your personal experiences and thoughts of My Top 5 Must Reads of the day on your own articles.
I would love to hear more about your writing process, your inspiration, and any challenges or obstacles you may have faced.
Your unique perspectives and insights are what make the “Top 5 Must Reads of the Day” edition so special, and I believe that sharing your experiences will only enhance the impact of your work.
In Fact it is amazing how Sharon Meyers, Ed.D. read my mind and surprised me publishing this post , wich is the mission of “Inside the Minds of Writers: Reflections on the Top 5 Must-Reads”
Thank you again for your incredible contributions, and I look forward to hearing more from each of you.
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All Editions
Welcome to the world of Top 5 Must Reads of the Day!
It’s been an incredible journey so far, with 22 editions that have provided readers with engaging, thought-provoking, and inspiring content.
From heartwarming personal stories to informative articles on a range of topics, each edition has been a true reflection of the diversity of voices and perspectives on Medium.
- But that’s not all —I have also made a special edition that included 50 personal reviews and plus, 5 bonus reviews!
This edition allowed us to go beyond the regular format.
We have learned so much about their passions, struggles, and successes, and it was truly inspiring to see how much talent and creativity exists within our community.
At the heart of it all, Top 5 Must Reads of the Day is about connecting writers and readers, fostering a sense of community, and showcasing the very best of what Medium has to offer.
I believe that everyone has a story to tell, and I am committed to providing a publication that allows those fantastic stories to be heard.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this amazing journey so far — writers, readers, and everyone in between.
- I can’t wait to see what the future holds for Top 5 Must Reads of the Day and the incredible community that has made it possible.
Edition #0
∘ Top 1. Glenn Stok — “Why I Never Put Evergreen Content on Medium and Prefer HubPages.”
∘ Top 2. Tom Kuegler — Huge Problem Medium Has According To It’s Newest Readers
∘ Top 3. Official Djangonaire — “My Affiliate Marketing Income Report: Unexpected Earnings”
∘ Top 4. Veronica Llorca-Smith — “How I Make Money With The Knowledge Gap”
∘ Top 5. Christina — “How I Gained 515 Email Subscribers with Just One Hour of Work”
Edition #1
· Top 1 Jenn Leach-How Much YouTube Paid Me for a 68,000,000 Viewed Video.
· Top 2 Amalia-$105.33 with a single Medium story Practical and beginner-friendly guide to live in Dubai thanks to Medium.
· Top 3 Christine Schoenwald-“You Don’t Need to Have Studied Improvisation to Use These Improve Rules to Elevate Your Writing”
· Top 4 Ali Dodangi-What’s The Best Time To Publish On Medium?
· Top 5 Kendra Sparkles-“I Made $150 My First Full Month on Medium and became a top writer in 3 categories.”
Edition #2
· Top 1 Michael L Fox About Me — Michael L. Fox, I’m a happy oddball. I’m recommending it.
· Top 2 Stella Johns Writers! Do this to drive traffic on medium
· Top 3 James Gordon 3 ways I earn good money from YouTube without being monetized
· Top 4 Delilah Brass 5 Easy Ways Writers Can Earn $350+ Fast
· Top 5 Jim Moynihan Oh, No, Medium Just Rejected My Partner Program Application. I am taking it personally, Tony
Edition #3
∘ Top 1 The Sturg — “How Can I Give Writing Advice When I Don’t Like Telling People What To Do?”
∘ Top 2 Ravyne Hawke — Do We Need To Practice Etiquette On Medium?My personal thoughts on the subject
∘ Top 3 Oscar Soto ⚡ — How to Stop Procrastinating and Start Achieving with the 2-Day Rule.Would You Like to Master Your Habits?
∘ Top 4 🧃Friends call me Ör! — ChatGPT vs. Real Bloggers: The Battle for the Future of Writing
∘ Top 5 Solomon Richards — How I Got 500 Followers In 3 Months
Edition #4
Top 1 Jane Tucker — Learning to Fly
∘ Top 2 E Savaria — “Jack the Flipper / True fun facts about Sherlock Holmes”
∘ Top 3 Destiny Twist — “What are the first steps to better communication and meaningful relationships?”
∘ Top 4 EP McKnight, MEd Good News for the World’s Soul. A story about the good news of an accomplished and brilliant Black student.
∘ Top 5 T. V. Knight — “What Women Want: The Three Important W’s”
Edition #5
∘ Top 1 Katy Ramm — I Accidentally Became a Top Writer & Famous on YouTube.How did it happen and what does it mean?
∘ Top 2 Alesia Louise — “3 Truths That Don’t Require Belief: Lessons from Astrology for Skeptics.”
∘ Top 3 Worrickjk — “I found love when I stopped looking for it”
∘ Top 4 Lamcer31210 — Sharing my opinion counts! How to use your opinion to pay for your Medium membership
∘ Top 5 Tina D’Angelo — From the Future
Edition #6
∘ Top 1 Written by IRIZU — “Increase Your Productivity in Less Than One Hour”
∘ Top 2 Onur Kocyigit — How does fitness training boost my confidence?
∘ Top 3 Arindam Biswas — Anxiety leads to progress. Bad things can be good too
∘ Top 4 Scott Lamb — How we’re approaching AI-generated writing on Medium. Transparency, disclosure, and publication-level guidelines
∘ Top 5 Kam Fatz — “How I Got 1,000+ Followers on Medium and How You Can Too! AKA From Zero To Hero”
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Edition#7
∘ Top 1 Patrick Stewart — “What Happens When We Die”
∘ Top 2 Nicole Dake Daily Positive Affirmations March 9, 2023
∘ Top 3 Angel Vaughan — Channeling
∘ Top 4 Joseph Godwin — “3 Important Productivity Hacks You Should Maintain in 2023”
∘ Top 5 Sangita Baruah — Get Un-Single and Into a Magical Relationship in 3 Steps
Special Edition#1
∘ Top 1 Margery Bayne (she/her) — Punctuation for Creative Writers, Part 1. May I interject? On dots, dashes, and parenthesis
∘ Top 2 Kathy Widenhouse — Why Write Short. Short-form content should be part of your content writing strategy. Here’s why.
∘ Top 3 Kristina God — “Introducing Medium’s Top 10 Publications in 2023 To Write For”
∘ Top 4 Isabella — Medium Partner Program Not Available. Buy Me A Coffee… PLEASE
∘ Top 5 Eve Arnold — The 10 Traits That Predict You’ll Be in the Top 1% of Writers. These are the things to know if you want to be at the top
∘ Top 6 Mona S Gable — “When You Hear Ghost Music, It’s Time to Create”
∘ Top 7 Ofentse Manchidi — AI and Travel: Personalizing the Travel Experience with Artificial Intelligence.
∘ Top 8 Smillew Rahcuef “My Plan to Make $100,000 Online within the Next 365 Days. Copy it and make as much money as I will!”
∘ Top 9 Becky Roehrs — Medium Writers: How To Recover Your Accidentally “Wiped Out” Drafts. I kept losing everything I’d written!
∘ Top 10 Linda Cowgill — “The Symbol of Peace,”
∘ Top 11 Jason Provencio — “Live Each Day Like You Are Dying Because You Are, You Just Don’t Know How Quickly”
∘ Top 12 Sean Kernan — What Two Men Who Survived Jumping Off The Golden Gate Bridge Learned. It’s never too late — until it is.
∘ Top 13 Deepak Chopra — Why Time Isn’t Causing You to Age. By Deepak Chopra, MD, FACP, FRCP
∘ Top 14 Adam Albrecht — Why I have learned from writing 850 blog posts.
∘ Top 15 Veronica Llorca-Smith — 19 Lessons To Reinvent Yoursel. What it takes to reinvent yourself
∘ Top 16 Séverin Makengo — Why are humans the only species that pay for their existence? The stupidity of being human 😂 is paying even for things that belong to no one
∘ Top 17 Fred: Almost Famous — FREE For Non-Medium Members: Get 3 Free Stories/Month: Here’s How. Fred shows you what (and what not) to do; plus much more.
∘ Top 18 Yvonne Laframboise — Earning my First Pennies on Medium!How much did I make in my first month on Medium?
∘ Top 19 M. Arslan — How to Turn $1 into $100: Tips and Tricks
∘ Top 20 Lizzie Jay — Freelance Writers: Is Your Writing Too Sesquipedalian? Not sure what it is? Read on to see how to improve your writing.
∘ Top 21 Jason Gutierrez — The Powerful Effect of Using “Words That Work” Subtle changes, BIG meaning
∘ Top 22 Patrick Stewart — Write a Medium Story in 10 Minutes or Less. Medium Speed Run — Any Percent
∘ Top 23 Aamir Kamal 🚀 — 5 Medium Earning Secrets That You Might Not Know About. I have earned $2.6/Minute read time.
∘ Top 24 Quinn’s Kaleidoscope💜 — One Month on Medium & Here’s What I’ve Learned. I learned quite a bit in my first month on Medium
∘ Top 25 Kendra Sparkles — “I Did the Minimalist Challenge and Now I Want My Stuff Back,”
∘ Top 26 Andrew Pretzel — How I Nailed Medium: A Step-by-Step Guide. A Beginner’s Guide from a Human (Not a Robot)
∘ Top 27 David B. Clear — Why You Should Work on a Million Drafts at Once. Adopt a promiscuous writing approach
∘ Top 28 Jwngsat Narzary — 9k Views? 2.9k Reads? In 1 Week?🙄
∘ Top 29 Ayodeji Awosika — “How to Become One of the Rare Writers Who Actually Makes Money”
How to Become One of the Rare Writers Who Actually Makes Money
Use these three strategies
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∘ Top 30 The writer’s path — “Even Your Least Viewed Content Has Value”
∘ Top 31 May Pang — “How to Instantly Improve Your Memory by Arousing Your Brain”
∘ Top 32 Amalia — $105.33 with a single Medium story. Practical and beginner-friendly guide to live in Dubai thanks to Medium.
∘ Top 33 Berenike Schriewer, Ph.D. — Better Humans Writers: Hit Me With Your Best Shot! We’re upping the ante, will you join us?
∘ Top 34 Terrie Schweitzer — “Smart How-to’s for Reaching Your 2023 Goals,”
∘ Top 35 Simon Kupfer — “3 Steps to Getting Your Content Seen on Medium”
∘ Top 36 Veronica Llorca-Smith — “10 Life Lessons From My Burnout”
∘ Top 37 Jazmyn — “I Wrote Nothing in December and This Is What I Made”
∘ Top 38 Tyler Boufford — I Cannot Stand Quitters. Why Quitting is the Ultimate Betrayal to Yourself
∘ Top 39 Jason Feller — Deep Thinkers Put Depth Behind Their Headlines. How to improve your headlines (Extract the big ideas)
∘ Top 40 Ali Dodangi — “Where to Make More Money — Medium or Substack?”
∘ Top 41 Martin Morrison — “You Killed the Poet in Me But I’d Rather Be Sane”
∘ Top 42 Raza Javed — “The Knowing-Doing Gap — A Medium Perspective
∘ Top 43 Passive Income Journey — Celebrating 50 Followers Mark With A Free Give Away! A Special Free Gift Is Waiting For You Inside
∘ Top 44 Cosmin Nedelcu — From Struggle to Triumph: My Inspirational Success Story. From High School Student to Graphic Designer
∘ Top 45 That Medium Hack 🌟 — “How to Come Up with Story Ideas — 36 Non-Shitty Ideas.”
∘ Top 46 Dr.Titus Varghese — “Love is what you do, not what you say or anything.”
∘ Top 47 Michael Koopmann — “How to be a successful writer on Medium”
∘ Top 48 Celtic Chameleon — “Look Up: Worlds Within Worlds,”
∘ Top 49 Lisa S. Gerard — “Fate Healed Her Broken Heart — Love Hides Right in Front of Your Eyes,”
∘ Top 50 Michael M-C — Today’s Rant №36: Brandon Lee Edition
∘ BONUS TOP 5 ∘ Bonus Top 1 Victoria Kurichenko — I Make 4-Figures Online Without Being a Social Media Influencer. Here is how I do it so that you can try it too.
∘ Bonus Top 2 Peter Burns — “Why Medium Needs A New Fiction Section”
∘ Bonus Top 3 Corrie Who Writes — “The Exact Steps I Took to Rank #1 on Google in Less than 15 Hours”
∘ Bonus Top 4 David Loewen — “Write Smarter, Not Harder: 6 Steps for Streamlining Your Writing Processes”
∘ Bonus Top 5 Agu Sergius Alex — “The Seven (7) Habits of Highly Effective Medium Writers”.
Edition #8
∘ Top1 Anna R.A. — “Feel Like Quitting Medium? Read This Immediately”
∘ Top 2 Beverly Bowman — “Don’t Hate On Your Enemies!”
∘ Top 3 Jon Reiners — I Have 100 Followers. Can I buy a yacht now?
∘ Top 4 Diana Tulbure — “My Journey On Medium — What I Will/Won’t Do”
∘ Top 5 Dr Mehmet Yildiz — “How to Write Content Guaranteed to Get Views and Reads,”
Edition #9
∘ Top 1 Ayoub Bouamri — 100 Followers In 24 Hours (Step By Step)
∘ Top 2 Theodore McDowell — “The Last Goodbye: Death in a nursing home”
∘ Top 3 Anne Lafferty — “Sex After Seventy — Really?”
∘ Top 4 Jenny Alexander — About Me — Jenny Alexander. The woman behind the writing
∘ Top 5 Jim Clyde Monge — December 2022 — Stats And Earnings Report
Edition #10
∘ Top 1 Love, Lisa — What does your profile picture say about you? I’ll tell you about mine
∘ Top 2 Jennifer Burke Grehan — Sometimes the longest way around is the shortest way home… And, sometimes not.
∘ Top 3 Karen Marie Shelton — “Saving Lives in a Cowboy Hat and a Red Pickup Truck.”
∘ Top 4 Stephanie Worrell — “How to Make an Action Plan to Achieve Your Goals”.
∘ Top 5 Antonio Radu 🔹 — “Why You Should Comment,”
Edition #11
∘ Top 1 David Perlmutter — The Hunter And The Game. The biggest threats come in the smallest packages…
∘ Top 2 Zatanna Dark — “Joe Wanders Endlessly On A Quest For Lost Love,”
∘ Top 3 ~Dr.Têi•B~ — “From Struggles to Success: The Inspirational Journey of Sheila Johnson, the First Black Female Billionaire”
∘ Top 4 Maria Iliffe-Wood — “All I Am is Now”.
∘ Top 5 Floor Ockers — Pure happiness in unexpected moments
Edition #12
∘ Top 1 Karen Marie Shelton — Make Your Dreams Come True. You hold all the power to create the life you desire — never give up.
∘ Top 2 BloggingMyWay — “Tip — How a Cup of Coffee Helped Me Boost Traffic on My Medium Blog”
∘ Top 3 Sheri Jacobs — “What Gratitude Looks Like…On the cusp of 50”
∘ Top 4 Bostibt — Best writing is about personal experience
∘ Top 5 Anna Soldenhoff — “Blink Once for Love, Twice for Treats: A Feline
Edition #13
∘ Top 1 Chris O. — “Your Accent is Not a Barrier, it is a Plus”
∘ Top 2 Brandon Ellrich — About Me — Brandon Ellrich. Who else were you expecting…Dolly Parton?
∘ Top 3 Michael Rhodes — “Does Time Speed Up As We Get Older?”
∘ Top 4 Yue — “I’ve Attended Nine Blind Dates,”
∘ Top 5 Written by IRIZU — This Article is Created by AI. Here is my thought
Edition #14
Top 1 — Kelly Corinne Elliott Obscure Laws In Washington State That Will Leave You Wondering
Top 2 — Diane Gillespie I Love the Term “Intertwined”. It helps explain the deep satisfaction we get from meaningful dialogues
Top 3 — Justiss Goode Damn: Are Stats Really LOW this Month or is it Just Me?Here’s what I do when my stories start earning less money!
Top 4 — Nanie Hurley ✍🏻 Pride and Prejudice: 10 Things You Need to Know Before Reading the Book
Top 5 — Dawn Ulmer Is PERSONAL SPIRITUAL REVIVAL Possible?
Edition #15
Top 1
Karen Marie Shelton — I’ve Been A Professional Writer My Entire Life, But My Medium Articles. Is pushing all my imposter syndrome buttons
Top 2 Francis Lee — How I Became a Success on Medium with Only 3 Stories. What happened today, made my writing here all worth it.
Top 3 B.R. Shenoy — Meet B.R. Shenoy. Anatomy of Her Anonymous Acronym
Top 4 Every Day Life Improvement — The Importance of a Healthy and Sustainable Approach to Weight Loss
Top 5 — Julia A. Keirns — Do I Believe in Beginner’s Luck? March Madness Writing Challenge Day 6
Edition #16
Top 1 Eunike Ve — I Got Rejected from the Medium Partner Program. I feel powerless
Top 2 James Gordon — My Medium earnings dropped a face-melting 40% (why I’m not worried)
Top 3 Dianne M. Daniels — 8 Tips to Supercharge Your Self-Love. Our world can be challenging — use these tips to turn that frown upside down and supercharge your love for yourself.
Top 4 Md Islam — Humans vs. AI: The Face-off
Top 5 Taras J Seaks — 10 Tips to Get Your Shit Done
Edition #17
Top 1 Kit Campoy — Quick Tips to Get Your Article Read.
Top 2 Annelise Lords — Can Humans Go Into Safe Mode?
Top 3 Shelli Reals — About Me — Shelli Reals. My speed dating “About Me” story goes something like this. . .
Top 4 Alec Zaffiro — FEBRUARY 2023 RECAP — Travel, Cats, Stats, and Books
Top 5 Mark Goblowsky — Real Love is Not Easy. We Need to Apply Some Elbow Grease at Times
Edition #18
Top 1 Felix Abur — What Did You Say About Me? How to Monitor What People Are Saying About Your Brand Online
Top 2 T. from Data Rocks — Turning Data Into Wisdom by Kevin Hanegan or why throwing money at BI tools doesn’t work
Top 3 Taryn Ariel — How to Deal with the Circus of Circumstances That Is Life
Top 4 Maddie Walker — That Time I Earned $1,586.00 From One Viral Medium Article
Top 5 Abbey Lou — Radium Girls
Edition #19
Top 1 Rui Alves — The Secret Star Wars Filming Location You Need to Visit
Top 2 Thriving it Up with Angie — Who Cares
Top 3 Sharon Meyers, Ed.D. — Hello Medium, I’m Sharon. A new writer’s introduction
Top 4 Dr. Alex Steinberg — Use This Powerful Everyday Life Habit to Be An Adaptable, Inclusive and Innovative Leader. Master This Habit And Get More Success In No Time.
Top 5 Mason Bushell — Positivity Shining. Hope and Gratitude
Edition #20
Top 1 Diana Meresc — 5 Habits That Will Help You Enjoy Life More. These habits will help you enjoy life more.
Top 2 Faya Qureshi — An innocent broken wing Butterfly. (Story). Out of the blue, she brought colors into my life.
Top 3 Maureen Murphy — “Franz Kafka Has Joined LinkedIn”
Top 4 Christopher M Bell — How I Increased My Read Count by 500% — And You Can, Too. The Hack: Tagging Your New Followers to Your Articles
Top 5 Tesie Mills — Unlocking Happiness. Finding Joy in Life’s Simplest Elements
Edition #21
Top 1 Anna Svetlik De La Rosa — How to Overcome Common Barriers to Meditating and Take your Power Back
Top 2 Sameh Neseim — Love is Always Near. Poem
Top 3 Heather N King — So, I Recently Realized That I’m a Writer. A Stream of Consciousness Introduction
Top 4 Melia Morgan — A New Twist On Gratitude Journaling. Add some variety to your usual gratitude list
Top 5 Annouls — What Are You Waiting For?
Edition #22
Top 1 Darshak Rana — An Insult Is Just a Perception. Here’s how not to get offended.
Top 2 Esta — Dandelion in the wind.
Top 3 Patricia Hamlett — Introducing Me! The life of Patricia Hamlett
Top 4 Alperen Keleş — Where did all the writers go?
Top 5 Kelly Eden | Essayist | Writing Coach — About Me — Kelly Eden. 11 Things I’d Tell You if We Met in Real Life
