How I Made $690+ As A Newbie Writer In 45 Days

Lessons I learned from writing every day on Medium for one and a half months

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I have been writing on Medium since early 2018, but I never took it seriously until May 14, 2020, when an article of mine went viral. It wasn’t anything special —just a list of book recommendations. But the stats of this one took me by surprise when I checked it the next morning.

In 24 hours, the article made $22.90 with a member reading time of over 20 hours.

This was better than anything I had seen in all my time here on Medium.

Over time, this article continued garnering views and today, it stands at 15k+ views and $230+ in earnings. I have already written an article dissecting this piece and understanding what are the things that made it work-

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But more than the money or views, more than anything else, this article filled me with inspiration to write. It gave me the audacity to hope that I could make a steady source of income through my articles here on Medium.