How I Made Millions of Dollars Writing for Medium in One Year

I’ve been a struggling professional writer for almost 10 years.

Don’t ever be fooled. No one who gets rich overnight actually got rich overnight. There’s always lots of work, sleepless nights, and family fights when you have a dream.

I still remember the first story I ever wrote. I was in the 3rd grade, and we had to write a story based on a prompt. The prompt was simple: Someone left a purse on the table. What was in the purse?

I wrote about a gremlin, and I won the contest. I knew right then and there that I was going to be a writer. And I’ve never stopped writing since then!

That’s the kind of hard work and dedication it takes to reach the top. And boy am I glad that I finally did it. But I didn’t do it alone.

My friends and family never stopped supporting me. Sometimes, they even supported me by floating me a few bucks, so that I could put gas in my car to get to work.

There’s nothing wrong with having a day job while you pursue your dreams, but that meant that I had to limit my time with my friends, my family. And even my pets! I had to…