These are great pointers to bear in mind. Thank you.

A lot of people, especially people who are new to Medium, forget that it's a social media platform and that the algorithm is set up to encourage commenting and conversations.

If you want to get your stories read, it pays to engage with others - not only will you be helping to boost other writers' success in this way, you'll also be getting more exposure for your own writing. It's like karma :)