This IS NOT A 14 MINUTE READ if you just read my comments! My best-paying article has made me almost $700 as of today (Apr 3rd). When I say almost, I’m $0.06 short. It was a funny story published in a funny sex-positive publication for fun — Sex and Satire, by Ms. Part Time ...(More)
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But a question first — why aren’t you writing about sex? In 2018 I decided to see if writing for money was a thing I could do. I write at work, but most of that is technical, bureaucratic, and boring. I’ve been complimented on it, though, so I always wondered if I could. ...(More)
Ugly looking stories have to be pretty damn good to get read There are two elements to every story — How they are told, and What they are about Good storytellers can make a boring story interesting by how they tell it. Bad storytellers can make interesting stories boring the same ...(More)
Doing these four things will set you up for an easy* writing experience To build a workable template, follow these steps and make notes as you go: Step 1 — Learn the Rules Find and learn the environmental, platform, and niche ‘rules’ and standard practices. On Medium, the publication style guides are 95% ...(More)
Templating the template to success When I found Medium in May 2020, I immediately saw the opportunity. To improve my storytelling technique, what better place to do that than in a live environment with immediate feedback? As a nameless, faceless bureaucrat, my creativity was on life support. Years of stiff and ...(More)