“90% Of Medium Writers Suck”, Here’s What’s More Important Than Talent

So, what am I? 90 or 10?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, I know…. But wait a second!

I didn’t say that.

It’s, in fact, a quote from the great Tim Denning. If you want to read the whole story, here’s the Twitter thread that started with “90% of Medium writers suck.”

https://twitter.com/tim_denning/status/1514307181541273609?s=21&t=PVNu3o4fKVW780JNVBHe_g

While I don’t agree with every single point he makes in his Twitter thread about writing on Medium and why 90% of writers fail at it, it took me to one interesting conclusion:

Obsession is more important than talent.

No matter how good a writer you are, it’s the obsession with making it as a writer that leads to success. Don’t confuse obsession with perfectionism, though. Obsession means:

• not giving up even if your views suck, not worrying about quality and cringing at your earliest posts later on

• fearlessly promoting & marketing your content like there’s no tomorrow

• hustling on the side, collecting feedback in the form of claps, responses, reads, and read ratio

• working with stats, el…