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Help! I’m Addicted To Medium
I started writing for Medium in Dec 2019.
Then I stopped.
No one read my stuff, no one followed me, no one responded, no one cared. My commission per month was less than a bus fare.
So I cancelled my membership, only submitting pieces when I had absolutely nothing else to do.
I was done with Medium.
Two years go by.
The farm I work on is always quiet in winter. I’ve got nothing to do. Plus it’s raining.
I revive my membership and start writing. After a few false starts, I publish this:
It got curated (I thought it was pretty boring), but it gave me heart. People had read it, even commented, I earned a few quid.
I started writing and published more. But once again started falling into the trap of writing about writing. Like:
No one gave a shit. Why would they? It’s boring.
So come on, Phil. Think!
What makes you tick? What do you really hate? What pisses you off? You’re meant to be a writer, aren’t you? If you can’t even make a tenner on Medium, you’re dumber than I thought!
So I banged out these over Feb.
