Best Ways to Publish in Medium
Some ways are fast. Some are not.
Some ways are fast. Some are not.
Just the other day, I contemplated some differences.
I read a story of great determination. It was written by an author who had experienced rejection, in fact, several rejections. As a writer, you might imagine, his rejections were regarding pieces of his own writing he was trying to get published.
He went on to say how many days were average on a per-publication basis before he expected to hear whether his story was accepted or rejected. He described his resubmission procedures for the next publication.
What is wrong with this picture?
Getting one’s article published is very competitive. There are hundreds of others trying to do the same. The larger the readership, the more a writer would want to be published there, but the more competition there is.
Different publications have different requirements for the stories they publish. So a story that is unacceptable could be nuanced into acceptability.
So to this dejected and rejected writer, I would suggest…
make absolutely sure you are sending them what they want
try publications with a bit less readership early on
last, but certainly not least, self-publish for a while.
It is indeed rough to finish a story and be excited about it the way writers get sometimes, only to have that excitement not shared.
Substitute the word “perfect” for the word “shipped.”
Many, many times, I hit the submit or the publish button too soon. I may know my story needs something a little more. Some of my stuff is not great, I admit.
But I used to do the opposite. Try to make it perfect. Talk myself out of something. General self-destruction.
Then somebody taught me the above phrase, and it set me free.
It didn't make me great. Time and practice will have to do that for me, but that’s ok.
So to my rejected friend, I must say that the high-volume publications may be great, but waiting for them is NOT.
If the Beatles had waited until they could fill the Albert Hall for their first gigs instead of playing at the Cavern, music would not be what it is today.
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