I decided to take a story over to Medium for a new post, since I feel like the style and structure of the Medium tools works well for longer reads. Plus having the ability to get it into a collection of similar stories by other authors can be a fun change from the usual blog flow.
https://cleasto.medium.com/running-away-from-regis-d4254df4dd17
Last week I took a stab at writing something for Medium to see how the tool works and go through the process of publishing. I chose to write about my mom.
https://medium.com/human-parts/1e8791d78857
Overall, I love the simple way posts are handled. The blank page is easy to use and focuses only on your writing, not on fancy additional functions. Just write, write, write.
Because it’s tied in to Twitter it’s very easy to see how these posts become an extension of that public persona. Rather than worry about traffic to your own blog, you post in Medium’s environment and the response essentially accrues to your Twitter identity. It also made it easier to focus on the message, rather than the potential traffic – no concern over the SEO aspects of the content. My intent was solely to get something off my chest regardless of traffic.
And the flow was so smooth that now I’m already thinking of my next Medium post.