Inspirations

When Top Writers Complain About Lack of Views I say “Suck It Up Buttercup”

Welcome to My World

I’ve been writing on Medium for eleven months. While most of the top writers are complaining, I keep my head down and my fingers tapping away at the keyboard. My views are up, which was the only direction they could go unless I stopped writing completely.

You have two choices:

Complain or keep working. We promote our work and we’re only as good as our last story. Writers want to attract more readers. Why not stop chasing them, and let them find you? Stay consistent, persistent, and methodical about your work.

I recently reviewed other writer profiles. A top writer with over 80,000 followers hasn’t written this year. He probably doesn’t need to and is writing at Newsbreak. I didn’t look, I don’t care.

A writer confronted non-mask wearers in a recent article. Who are you the mask police? If you really want to do that, go to your local Wal-Mart and confront the shoppers who pretend to wear a mask. You can’t make people do what you say.

You can present your ideas, and those that agree with you will keep reading. Some of your readers may disagree with you but read anyway. We get inspiration and ideas to offer alternate views for our own readers so thank you for sharing.

Creative Ideas

Comment on those writers you disagree with, respectfully of course. You can always text your writing buddy about it later. Take notice of the likes you get on your comment, you just might earn a new reader.

Support publications that publish your stories! Find a new writer and read and comment on their work. Dr. Mehmet Yildiz does so much to promote our work, let’s follow his example and do the same. We’re stronger together.

Publish on a regular basis and be predictable. You don’t have to publish every day, although some do. Publish weekly or monthly or whatever works for your schedule. Did you know that you can comment on another’s story and publish on your profile?

In this story by Linda Kowalchek, I highlighted and clicked the comment, and the screen opens: click the Also publish to my profile.

Reading and commenting is one of the best self-promotion tips you can follow. I rarely read something that I don’t have a comment to share about the article. I’m not a know-it-all, I just know how great it feels to have engagement.

If you find yourself like one of the top writers and complain about lack of views, what does that do for you? Absolutely nothing if you don’t take action. You can complain or you do something.

I live with an autoimmune disease. I complain sometimes, it can be frustrating. But that doesn’t solve anything. I take an inventory and decide what I can do for myself.

First is my diet, second is my rest. I do the same with writing. Am I reading and writing? Do I write story ideas or titles for future stories every day? Am I writing every day, even if I’m not publishing today?

Final Thoughts

You can choose how you decide to react to your Medium views. You’re not going to change the algorithm, but you can learn to work with it. Write your own experience, acknowledge it, and move forward.

Interact with other writers, set a goal to read three or four writers a day. Find someone you’ve not read before and comment on their article. Go through those you follow and see what they’re up to.

I don’t accept that views are down and neither should you.