Set the course for a long and adventurous writing journey across the oceans.

Take the long-term view on being the writer-creator on Medium

Keep your sails steady

As captain of your own creative boat, you’ll have to make many macro-decisions before you launch your great adventure across the content-filled ocean.

And while on your sea-faring journey, each day will bring varying winds and weather conditions. Numerous creative micro-decisions will need to follow your macro-decisions.

Those decisions, macro and micro, will manifest in your journey hundreds of times, sometimes dynamically and visibly, other times, gently and invisibly.

Be the captain of your own ship

Your mainsail is you macro-decision, your headsail your micro-decisions. They will complement and strengthen your course. Thus, embark on your journey on your creator boat.

As you launch your boat to sail this ocean, you will need a destination. This is to become your mainsail, your macro-decision. You might ask yourself: “I’m I to set sail to go north, to discover the great expanse of icy plains and snow-covered peaks? Or, I’m I to sail south, where sandy beaches laced with palm trees and turquoise waters are awaiting me?”

Similarly, position yourself for your story telling: “Am I to write fiction, or am I a journalist describing the stars which guide me on my…