Daily Success Stories from ILLUMINATION
Meaning of Engagement for Writers
1118 writers are engaging on ILLUMINATION!
Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, but working together is success. — Henry Ford
Importance of Engagement for Writers
I have been conversing with many of our writers on our Slack channel and other communication channels. I also interviewed several writers recently. Through these conversations, a clear pattern emerged. All successful writers emphasize the importance of engagement for their success. Collaboration tops the list as a success factor for writers.
We know that engaging with other writers open doors to collaboration and is an ideal approach to create serendipitous encounters. I mentioned the importance of creating visibility for writers on my editorial bulletin yesterday. One of the best ways to create visibility is by engaging with other writers.
ILLUMINATION makes it easy to connect with other writers and engage in their content. Our experienced writers provide several prompts for exciting topics. New writers can take benefit of these collaborative writing games. New writers can improve the quality and quantity of their stories by engaging with experienced writers. Cross-pollination is a vital strategy used for the success of our writers on ILLUMINATION.
It was inspiring to read a story from one of our experienced writers Desiree Driesenaar who guides our new writers. You can read the story from the attached link.
Challenge to Experienced Writers
As a collaboration activity, I recommend each experienced writer to create at least one story with a writing prompt and invite several new writers to participate. I also recommend new writers to solicit feedback on their stories. Our Slack channel is an ideal platform to support this collaboration.
We developed several innovative tools and processes for collaboration. I will introduce you a few new exercises in my upcoming bulletins. In the meantime, let’s enhance our cross-pollination as a nurturing publication to provide high-quality service to our readers. We offer abundant creativity, insights, and entertainment for our readers. With our unified diversity, meaningful words and stories, we aim to change the world to a better place to live.
What did ILLUMINATION writers create today?
Our writers created many eclectic stories today. I am pleased to see that our writers are engaged in the curation process by leaving comments explaining their great stories to the readers. Attached is a bundle of stories we created on ILLUMINATION today.
Meet New Writers of ILLUMINATION
31 new writers joined us today. We have 1118 writers supporting our publication now. A warm welcome to our new writers: Ardsheer Ali, Ibrahim John, Kris Freeman, Lindsay Brown, Prince Chowdhury, QuadConjures, Siddhanth Pachipala, Anangsha Alammyan, Kyra Krishna, Irfan Alghani Khalid, Ibrahim Hussein, Galit Birk, PhD, Ella Pearson, Viggy Hampton, MPH, Andrei Neboian, Dr, Brian Hampton, Emeka Nwanedo, IMΛBӨПG FΛMIПЦ, Sylene "SylJoe" Joseph, Eleni Angelou, Marianna Morais, Delight C. Asaphs, Joe T. Santhanavanich, J.A. Becker, Chrissy, Dipanshu Mohapatra, Ankush Punj, Nicholas Durocher, Ankush Punj, Sotiris Savvas, Anamika Pokharel
New writers can start submitting their articles to our publication. Please see the attached story on submission process documented by our editor Timothy Key.
I added many writers to our Slack channel today. Thank you for the inquires and willingness to join our collaboration, ideation, and innovation lab. New writers are invited to join our Slack to have a chat and collaborate with other inspiring writers. We discuss editorial matters, Medium policies, content quality, and overall writing skills improvement. You can request an invitation to Slack from this link. Please type Request for Slack on the heading as I have many other requests from this link.
You can check this story from Timothy Key to learn how to use Slack if you haven’t used it before.
New writers, please check our FAQ document for details of our publication. Our submission guidelines and several other useful documents are attached in this story.
Writer Introductions
We have one introduction today.
Meet our writer Riku Arikiri
Featured Articles
Due to increasing variety and diversity of topics, we featured nine stories from our creative writers today.
Russell Weigandt
Viktor Marchev
Carolyn Riker
Dr Joel Yong, PhD
Sarah Towle
Andrei Neboian, Dr
P.G. Barnett
Bridget Cougar
Joshua Davis
Stories from ILLUMINATION distributed to Medium Topics
A story by Dr Jeff Livingston was distributed to #creativity #writing.
Content Quality Focus
Our current writers know that we strive for excellence. We aim to increase the quality of your stories and provide an enjoyable reading experience to our followers. Quality is an iterative process. I notice that the quality of our stories is increasing day by day.
New writers: please ensure that you check your stories for typos, spelling, and grammar errors before submitting them to the publication.
We have some volunteering editors who can perform a proof-reading for the writers from the non-English speaking background. You can search for volunteers from our Slack channel. One of the proof-reading tools our writers recommend is Grammarly.
ILLUMINATION Social Media Links
We share our stories in the following platforms. We encourage our new writers to join and follow these links.
Invitation to writers who may be interested in ILLUMINATION
If you want to join our growing and supportive publication as a writer, please leave a message via this link. We curate valuable content for our readers; we create awareness and visibility of our content to wider audience. We also amplify Medium articles on social media to bring new readers and subscribers.
If you have already applied from different means and not added to the publication yet, please try again by directly writing to me. Some messages are easily lost on articles.
Several new top writers joined us. We have now over 650+ writers. The more the better for our diversity. We aim to appeal to millions providing diverse and insightful content globally.
Please see an article by Timothy Key on writer invitation.
