Writing

Three Terrible Traps That Writers Fall Into When Publishing on Medium

Use your emotions to write a kick-ass essay than just a rant

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When I read an interesting piece is I follow that person and genuinely follow their life story to understand their journey — what is their background, their style of writing and how their career graph has been in general. This helps me understand what works on that platform and what pitfalls to avoid.

Here are my top 3 pitfalls that new writers should avoid.

1. Don’t understand the fine line of difference between a personal essay and a rant

Having read some 1000 odd articles in the last year from hundreds of different authors, I can say there are a lot of them who find Medium as their venting channel or punching bag.

There is nothing wrong if that’s how you want to use it but then let’s set the expectation right, especially with your readers — It’s a rant, and let’s treat it like one.

It’s just like that conversation over a cup of coffee or some after-office goss which is interesting but doesn’t add a lot of value.