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Why I Keep Writing
Success on Medium is Different for Everyone
I started working on a short story last night. Before I knew it two hours had passed and I had a nine-minute story I was proud of. I can’t recall the last time I was so engaged in what I was doing. So “in the zone.”
It felt incredible.
I’ve been writing just for myself, for the most part, all of my life. I had a brief year when I belonged to a writing workshop and that was great for a variety of different reasons but truth be known, my audience there was never more than 15 people and most of them would have had a stroke if I wrote some of the things I’ve written about here on Medium. That’s just the way it is when your group is made up of people over 50 and you are living in a conservative, small town in Texas. I loved my writing workshop but it did keep me a little bit caged.
Medium allows me to fly. I can write as much or as little as I want. The only specific plan I have for myself is to write once a week for the publication, The Weekly Knob, using their weekly prompt. Those are generally pieces of fiction. Some weeks I write other articles, pieces of non-fiction and memoir. If I’m extra busy though, I can opt not to write at all. Once I started writing for The Knob, I’ve managed to write a story every time the publication has offered a new prompt.
