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Niching Down on Medium
Should one niche down or stay all over the place?
At the recent Medium Day, some of the speakers suggested niching down your writing so you are focusing on a particular topic, e.g. healing trauma, aging, etc. I took that advice seriously and decided to review my blogs on my personal yet neglected site www.sufidialogue.com, as well as my Medium articles. And I realized that I am all over the place (in fact my nickname on www.750words.com- a nifty daily online journaling tool- is allovertheplace!).
I have written spiritual articles, cultural articles, travel and nature experiences (Million Year Old Art), autobiographical articles (50 Years an American), multiculturalism, etc. I noticed that what I write is inspired by an experience that I have in the moment and then get inspired to write about it and weave it into a story.
As I write, I enjoy putting together words and sentences, and try to come up with unique or eloquent ways of expressions while I am sharing that experience. Having grown up multiculturally and as a speaker of several languages, I find my writing style enriched by many influences. And the learning on my Sufi path helps me re- contextualize challenges or difficulties in a positive, hopeful way (e.g. Gift of Conflict). Readers on my blog or Facebook-which I was using to share my blogs for a long time- and…
