You Lose Individuality When You Publish Every Day

Here’s why I’m continuing to publish on my own schedule.

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I’m sure you’ve read about whether or not you should write and publish every day on Medium with a million individual spins on it. More specifically, you’ve probably come across dozens of articles about the benefits that come with publishing an original story every single day.

However, I don’t see many articles arguing against publishing daily, ultimately it seems to be encouraged if you’re capable of doing so.

In fact, it seems as if there’s always someone talking about how it boosts your creativity, speeds up your freelance career, makes you a better writer, blah blah blah.

I don’t disagree with any of their arguments. But honestly, after reading tons of authors’ take on publishing daily and trying it myself multiple times (including right now as I’m writing this) I don’t think publishing daily is the best strategy on Medium. At least, for myself.

While I’m not necessarily someone who is for publishing daily, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t write daily. Practicing your craft every day is essential, but putting it out for others to see isn’t.

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