A Primer for Experienced Writers Who Want to Write on Medium
What you need to know going in, even if you’re not a new writer.
I know a lot of writers. In fact, it often feels like just about everyone I know is a writer of some kind. And even if they don’t identify themselves as writers, I just see the writer in everyone.
I guess it’s an occupational hazard (of the best kind.)
As a result, I often find myself saying something along the lines of you know, you should be writing on Medium to people who are barely aware of what Medium is (even though they’ve read posts here, without even registering that they’re doing it) and the idea of being a blogger hasn’t ever crossed their minds.
It’s my first, knee-jerk reaction whenever someone I know is a good storyteller and at the very least has the makings of a decent writer (or already is an experienced writer) has some kind of financial need or wants a change in their work life or is trying to earn a little extra for some goal or the other.
It’s not easy, I tell them. It won’t happen overnight.
There’s a learning curve. But if you stick with it, I really think you can make some money. How much depends on what you put into it. But even $100 extra a month…
