How Writing For Medium Can Land You Paying Gigs
I Did Nothing!
Lots of us struggle here on Medium, and it's frustrating to write and see the little reward. I’m patient and keep writing to build up my content. Little did I know that my writing efforts would pay off by writing something I never thought would amount to anything.
I've been writing on Medium since 2019, mostly off and on. Something happened to me last year that was quite shocking. I never expected this to happen AT ALL. It all started with that one small article I thought was meaningless on this site.
One morning I awoke to a message in my email from WebMD. You know, that health site EVERYONE knows about? I frowned at the message for a minute, and my finger hovered over the delete button.
Must be spam
Nope. It was the real deal. It was a writing opportunity for the site. The editor had viewed my piece on sleep apnea which is a condition I suffer from. I was completely shocked by this as I hadn't contacted them or done anything. There was no pitch, no cold call, no emails.
