Welcome to the May Writing Experience, a Time to Grow
An Invitation to Join Sky Collection and Fiddleheads & Floss Poetry Publications for a May Medium Growth Challenge for All Writers
If you are a Medium writer or are hoping to become one, you are included in this May Writing Experience!
(Updated to include links to the weekly theme posts, see bottom of article)
Two Medium pubs have joined together for a month-long writing experience for writers of all experience levels. We will offer challenges to encourage your writing and professional growth here on Medium. We hope you will join us!
Who is this writing experience for?
- New Medium writers who are still learning the ropes here at Medium.
- Poets, creative writers, novelists, essayists, bloggers, SEO and science writers, finance writers, technical writers, and basically anyone who writes. If you write regularly or want it to become a bigger part of your life — you are in the right place.
- Anyone who wants to grow their reach and influence here on Medium.
- Writers who are struggling to find or who have lost touch with their writer’s voice.
- Any writer here on Medium who wants to learn and grow creatively.
The WHO and the WHAT of this Event
Fiddleheads & Floss Poetry and Sky Collection are teaming up for a May event for all writers. The editors ◦•●Christina M. Ward ●•◦ and Samantha Lazar planned a month-long experience:
- To focus on 5 core topics of value to all writers.
- To challenge writers here on Medium to grow their content, their reach, their influence, their followership, and yes, their earnings through the Medium Partner Program. Each themed week will have a Medium-specific growth challenge.
The Five Themes are:
- The Writing Muse
- The Hero’s Journey
- Discovering Greatness
- Storytelling
- Embracing Your Creative Mind
Throughout the month of May you’ll experience posts on all five of the themes plus a weekly Medium challenge designed to help you grow your Medium influence, partnerships, followership, and yes, your earnings.
This event is for fun, growth, and blooming the full potential of your writing! It’s a celebration of what you specifically bring to this incredibly attractive yet competitive field. Where do you fit in? How can you find your audience? What the heck is a muse anyway? What is a Hero’s Journey — and how can I sign up for THAT!?
About the hosts of this event:
- Master of Education, K-12 Academically & Intellectually Gifted Teaching, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
- Summer institutes in the teaching of writing and writers’ workshop, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY
- Bachelor of Science in English & education, concentration in creative writing, Appalachian State, Boone, NC
- Instructor at Young Writers’ Institute, NC
- Owner of publication Sky Collection, on Medium
- Author of Reaching Marrakesh, a full-length poetry collection
- 22 years classroom teaching English/Language Arts- reading and writing
- Writing coach, tutor, and mentor for people of all ages
- Poet, creative writer, essayist, editor
- 35 + years writing experience
- Undergraduate studies; Bachelor of Science / Writing & English Minor, Catawba College, Salisbury NC.
- Owner of Fiddleheads & Floss Writing Services
- Content writer & SEO specialist for cbdMD.com
- As a poetry editor, Christina has edited full manuscripts for poets in the USA, England, UK, Canada, Philippines, Africa, Singapore, Israel, Netherlands, and Japan.
- Best-selling author of organic: Fiddleheads & Floss Vol 1., a full length poetry collection
- Poet and creative writing mentor & educator (through Fiverr and Fiddleheads & Floss Writing Services)
- Winner of 2004 Creative Writing Prose Award, Catawba
- Owner of The POM and Fiddleheads & Floss Poetry publications
- Poet, creative writer, essayist, editor
- 35+ years writing experience
We cannot wait to start! If you have any questions, please let us know in the comments. Please tag us in your writing and remember to use the tag: May Writing Experience (here on Medium) and #maywritingexperience on other social media.
Links to Weekly Themes in Order
To see all of the Sky Collection posts in order: MAY WRITING EXPERIENCE