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How to succeed as a writer without really dying
We know everyone’s dying to learn the secrets to making money without working — better yet, while sleeping. And we’ve read our fair share of “insider secrets” and “tips and tricks” and, well, maybe some work for some people, some of the time. But that’s not what “being a writer” is all about.
Being a writer requires a love of the written word. Sometimes, it seems like a love-hate relationship, as we wrangle the words to communicate, with readers, exactly what we have bouncing around in our heads. But in the end, it’s in our veins, and sometimes it feels as if our veins are full of ink that oozes from our pores and out our fingertips.
This story is for serious writers who would also like to do a bit better at earning their pennies on Medium without resorting to cheap tricks that take them far from their real love: words.
Improve Your Writing Skills
Now and then, I stumble across a bit of writing advice that doesn’t break all its own rules. Never mind that I can’t write “7 Tips for Writing Badly” without screwing it up and inserting something that’s actually good writing advice (only one Editor, off-site, caught me at it, so now…
