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What I Learned From Getting 50% Of My Stories Curated Last Month
A look into writing, curation on Medium, and of Medium itself.
Last month was a big month for me. I got a new and incredible client, a mentor guiding me and giving me pointers on writing, and today I might be placed into a writing program for freelancers to grow further.
There’s a lot of great things coming my way, but I’d like to focus on one particular highlight: my curation rate on Medium.
Getting curated has been a point of conversation for many people in Facebook groups and it’s not something that I’ve talked about much either. The extent of my discussion of curation has been that the implementation of this system pushes us as writers to write stronger pieces of content.
It’s a great incentive for the writers and for Medium. Medium shows quality pieces to readers and also positions themselves as a site that has people sharing unique thoughts to old/recent topics. On the other side, writers grow their audience by getting actual readers and make some extra cash from the exposure.
But as always, there is more to it than that and there are many things we can learn from experiences and I’d like to share my own thoughts on this. Especially since last month, I was paying more attention to…
