Writing on Medium has been an awesome side hustle for me.
It's like a game of poker — sometimes you get dealt a great hand, and other times it's garbage.
I feel the same way about my writing. Some days the words flow easily, other days it's a struggle to get a good sentence down.
But the beautiful thing is, on Medium you never know when a quick 30-minute post might blow up.
That's what happened to me, and now one short story has earned me over $2000!
Here's my idea on how I made that cheddar with minimal time and effort.
The magic 30 minutes
I write stories of all different lengths throughout the month, from 500 word micro-posts to 2500+ word reads.
It takes me anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours on average.
The exciting part of posting on Medium is you have no clue which piece might suddenly gain traction.
That was the case with my $2000 article.
It took less than 30 minutes to write since I didn't have much extra time in my daily schedule back then, working a 9-to-5.
When I first published it, …
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