Allow Yourself to Do This on Medium — And Writing in General Too

Trust me: learn this as soon as you can.

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Every writer on Medium began with nothing. I mean, think about it:

• 0 followers
• 0 stories
• 0 claps
• 0 earnings

And more zeroes too. But it didn’t stay like this forever.

I know it didn’t for me.

If you’re like me, you want to grow as a writer. That’s great. We all strive to grow in our writing careers.

If you do, allow yourself to do this on Medium, and in writing:

Let Yourself Make Mistakes

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I remember a writing assignment in a high school creative writing class in which we were assigned to write a particular story.

The story had to have:

• A mystery
• An older character
• Bizarre location
• And some twist in the end.