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            <h2>What Are You Writing For?</h2>
            <div><h3>How to identify your audience, competitors, and purpose.</h3></div>
            <div><p>writingcooperative.com</p></div>
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    </div><p id="3532">I recently wrote about <a href="https://readmedium.com/medium-is-much-better-for-your-writing-skills-than-amazon-bc878d65ee1f">getting feedback on your writing</a>, so I was really interested to see <a href="undefined">Niki Marinis</a> tell us not to read the comments — or at least, not to let them hold you back. In some ways this conflicts with popular advice, but let me tell you an honest truth — I don’t read my Amazon reviews!</p><div id="23f4" class="link-block">
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            <h2>Don’t Read the Comments</h2>
            <div><h3>What’s holding you back from writing?</h3></div>
            <div><p>nikimarinis.medium.com</p></div>
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    </div><p id="d02f"><i>(I certainly do read and respond to comments on Medium and Royal Road, however!)</i></p><p id="0526">Every writer wants things to just <i>flow</i>, to be effortless, and I enjoyed this piece by <a href="undefined">Saroj Shrestha</a>:</p><div id="9e3c" class="link-block">
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            <h2>How to make your writing effortless in 10 days or less?</h2>
            <div><h3>Here’s the blueprint….</h3></div>
            <div><p>sarojshresthawrites.medium.com</p></div>
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    </div><p id="6e8b">Finally, although it’s not specific to creative writing, a huge shoutout to <a href="undefined">Indigo</a>’s ‘Read for Read’ lists. I have discovered and engaged with a lot of interesting writers over the past few days via this initiative, including many fellow storytellers. Check it out here:</p><div id="f442" class="link-block">
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            <h2>Join My ‘Read For Read’ Club! Earn More and Connect With Others</h2>
            <div><h3>Engage and connect with other Medium writers. Joining may also increase your likelihood of earning more money!</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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    </div><p id="a399">All in all, these pieces made me think a lot more about writing, about audiences, and about feedback. We can’t only write when inspiration strikes (imagine people only went to their 9–5 jobs when they felt like it? Would they get promoted?).</p><p id="3cc2">Likewise, our success is going to depend at least partly promoting and sharing what we do in a way that helps others to understand what they will get from reading it.</p><p id="1927">What have you been reading this week? If you have written an article that you are especially proud of, feel free to let me know in the comments, or connect via the links below.</p><div id="69f5" class="link-block">
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            <h2>JF Danskin - Medium</h2>
            <div><h3>Read writing from JF Danskin on Medium. Fantasy novelist, and blogger obsessed with creativity! I love to write…</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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Some of the Best Articles I Read This Week (#6)

With a focus on connecting with your audience

Photo by Alexander Andrews on Unsplash

I like to share my best Medium finds every week or so. You can see my previous weekly summary here.

This week I’ve read and commented on so much, I decided I needed a theme. As such, I am focusing here on writing-related articles, and creative writing in particular. A lot of it applies strongly to blogging on Medium too, though.

If you want to discover some new gems on those topics, read on…

First off, Ira Robinson always has interesting things to share, and I really enjoyed this frank assessment of writers’ marketing approaches. Harsh but fair, in a lot of cases:

Likewise, there is a lot of truth in what Anabelle Weissinger says here — you do need to have some idea of who and what you are writing for. Just like the marketing, the story has to reach out and connect with other people.

I recently wrote about getting feedback on your writing, so I was really interested to see Niki Marinis tell us not to read the comments — or at least, not to let them hold you back. In some ways this conflicts with popular advice, but let me tell you an honest truth — I don’t read my Amazon reviews!

(I certainly do read and respond to comments on Medium and Royal Road, however!)

Every writer wants things to just flow, to be effortless, and I enjoyed this piece by Saroj Shrestha:

Finally, although it’s not specific to creative writing, a huge shoutout to Indigo’s ‘Read for Read’ lists. I have discovered and engaged with a lot of interesting writers over the past few days via this initiative, including many fellow storytellers. Check it out here:

All in all, these pieces made me think a lot more about writing, about audiences, and about feedback. We can’t only write when inspiration strikes (imagine people only went to their 9–5 jobs when they felt like it? Would they get promoted?).

Likewise, our success is going to depend at least partly promoting and sharing what we do in a way that helps others to understand what they will get from reading it.

What have you been reading this week? If you have written an article that you are especially proud of, feel free to let me know in the comments, or connect via the links below.

Medium
Creative Writing
Audience Engagement
Blogging
Reciprocal
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