I Wrote 32 Stories in one Month on Medium
And, nothing happened.
Like most of those who open the Medium app, I’m accosted with posts talking about making $5,000 or $10,000 a month on Medium. There are people making bank, and they’ll fill you in on the secret to making bank, too! Like an idiot, I click on these posts. I simply can’t help it; I mean, click bait works for a reason. It’s always the same old same old stuff written, telling you to write a lot, make your own publication, or submit to publications. I wish I could stop giving these people who write these posts money, but my brain keeps getting sucked in, wondering if this will be the post that gives me that special insight into how to make money on Medium.
Well, I have two publications, and submit to a variety of different publications, so I should be doing just fine, right? Not exactly. I’ve been making under $10/month for the past near-year. I thought I was moving on up, but then everything changed on Medium and it seemed like I was stalled right where I was. No, that’s a lie. I went backwards a bit. No matter, this was mainly just a creative outlet, not my main source of income (thank fuck), so it didn’t throw me for too big of a loop. Still, I wanted to be making the kind of coin that would let me quit my part-time job and buy whatever the hell I wanted. So, what could I do?
