Taking Risks With Writing
April Highlights
Ever since my article about the curation process on Medium a few weeks ago, I am taking more risks with my writing.
For me, this strategy of taking risks amounts to:
- writing in different tags
- writing in different forms
- writing in different voices
- writing in different styles
- publishing in different publications
The outcome that I have experienced a month into this strategy is an increase in curation rate. Previously, my curation rate stood at about 15%. Now, my curation is at about 30%.
I know it may not seem like a large increase to some. But, I publish an article or two articles everyday. The increased curation rate keeps me writing. It also gives me motivation to be more prolific in my writing.
I am putting in effort into my Medium full time job. I have to keep on improving my stats.
This month, I have a few goals.
- Consciously continuing my effort at going after my Top Writer status in Mental Health.
2. I started to write about pets. Specifically, I wrote about my dog.
3. I took a leap of faith writing in complete honesty about single motherhood.
4. I ventured into writing about technology by getting my feet wet with a fiction piece.
5. I published my articles in some new publications:
Have you been taking risks in your writing lately? If not, try a few things and see if they work for you. If anything, the experience is an adventure in itself.
About the Author
Jun Wu is a technologist turned freelance writer and a single mom. She lives in upstate NY with her son. She blogs on wellplayedchild.com about parenting and entrepreneurship. You can find her most active on her Twitter and Instagram accounts @wellplayedchild.
