5 Reasons Your Article Isn’t Being Read

And how to fix it for better engagement and earnings.

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I read a lot of articles on Medium. I mean, a lot. When my phone shows me the top three apps I use in the week, Medium is always one of them. I read a lot of articles because I take the idea seriously that the best way to become a better writer is to read other writers.

Because I read so much on this site and want to be successful as a writer on it, I have started to pay attention to why I don’t click on a certain article or why I stop reading it. Almost all the articles that lost my interest have a few things in common. And it isn’t the subject matter.

Medium has millions of readers. Any subject is bound to find people who are interested in it. But they won’t read it even if it is the most exciting topic in the universe if you get the following things wrong.

Grammar and Spelling

This is basic and everyone knows it. Grammar and spelling need to be on point. This isn’t to appease the grammar police. The reason is deeper.

When you are reading an engaging, well-crafted piece of writing you enter a state where you lose track of the world around you. You enter a magical world. A world that the writer has created for you. Each word is a brick used in…