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Walter Rhein's avatar

I've been importing some stories to Substack that I wrote on Medium over a year ago. It's been a surprise to reread them and realize they weren't nearly as good as I thought they were. I think the Boost program really has made me challenge myself a lot more, and I'm producing work that's a lot better these days. Mainly, I'm finding a lot of stuff to cut out. My revision process has gotten a lot longer.

My acceptance rate for nominations was terrible for my first 10 or so, but then I got it up to 60% by the end of the first month. I didn't use any of the challenges in the month when it was offered, but maybe I should have!

This is a wonderful article! It explains something I've been trying to convey to writers with a varying degree of success. I've been approaching talented writers who have left medium and encouraging them to send drafts to me so I can give them specific information as to what they need to get Boosted. The "big names" that have gotten frustrated are a good pool to work from because they do produce quality content and they know how medium works. They just need a few little hints here and there to get Boosted. I've gotten Boosts for 2 or 3 so far!

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Untrickled by Michelle Teheux's avatar

As part of my checklist, I now ask myself why only I could have written this.

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