Even responding to your response, Bonnie, is difficult. The membership thing is funny. I paid my money, last year and I’ve probably earned the cost of my membership back in the past year because Members only stories earn money. Not an awful lot, though and you’ve got to tug a lot of forelocks, bow and curtsy before you start to earn anything. Even more regretfully, you must write a certain style, fuel a specific audience, write an agreeable title etc, in other words, follow the prescribed formula for success (there are hundreds of Medium stories to outline it) and then you can make money. It is not the haven for creative writing you might’ve imagined or been led to believe. If anything, with a few notable exceptions, it defies, defiles and deflates creativity.
