Writers on Writing
medium.com/writers-on-writing · Group blog · on HN since 2013
A Medium publication where writers discuss the craft of writing, Medium as a platform, and personal storytelling.
What HN saysHN links it mostly for its critical piece calling Medium a content farm, and for a call to build a writing community.
28HN people shared it
3linked it in comments
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Most-shared posts
- 1The Problem With Medium3 people · 7 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 2Why I’d rather write in Medium than my personal blog1 people · 12 points · first shared 2013 · 28 comments on HN
- 3I guess I’ll never get to that novel1 people · 12 points · first shared 2013 · 6 comments on HN
- 4Always write under the influence1 people · 10 points · first shared 2013 · 5 comments on HN
- 5Rule #1: Don’t Be A Profiteering Asshole1 people · 9 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 6Lifehack: Remembering What You Read1 people · 4 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 7How to Write a Personal Story1 people · 4 points · first shared 2013 · 1 comments on HN
- 8The death of the Urdu script1 people · 4 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 9What it takes when writing a novel is your day job1 people · 3 points · first shared 2013 · 2 comments on HN
- 10The Death of the Urdu Script1 people · 3 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 1111 Untranslatable Words From Other Cultures1 people · 3 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 12#Hashtags and #Language — Writers on Writing — Medium1 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · 1 comments on HN
- 13(How to) Be interesting on Twitter1 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · 1 comments on HN
- 14Open source your novel1 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · 1 comments on HN
- 15Cut the bullshit and make time to write1 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
rrhoover · 2013-08-29
Ironically, I posted a call to action to build a community for writing together. Very curious to see how Loren's project does and how it compares to Draft and others.
https://medium.com/writers-on-writing/920214571e3d
Udo · 2013-07-17
That stupid, unrelated supermodel picture on top was the first signal, and to be honest I stopped reading about halfway through. Reminds me of this piece:
The Problem With Medium: A Shiny Content Farm is Still a Content Farm
https://medium.com/writers-on-writing/336300490cbb