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How Much Money Did I Make From Writing in 2024?
A Medium writer tells all
You probably have no idea how much money your fellow Medium writers actually make. Why? People are secretive about their income.
Not me! I write personal essays — I enjoy being upfront about things that others keep mum about. So, after tallying up the money I made from writing in 2024, I figured I’d share the numbers with you.
In 2024, as a writer I made…
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$10,898.
So how does this sum break down?
$10,148 came from publishing my work on Medium.
Selling four humor pieces — all of which first appeared on Medium — to The Funny Times brought in another $300.
I received $250 from Reader’s Digest for the right to run this humor piece — which previously ran in Medium — in an upcoming anthology: