I Must Write On Medium To Read Unlimited

But earning 5$ is psychologically draining me.

Chirag
3 min readMar 16, 2020
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Since I started my medium journey on Feb’23,2020, I have posted 26 works including short stories, poetry, essays and health related articles, till date (March’15'2020)and have earned 6.55$(Great!).

I am happy because I earned my membership 5$ that I paid for the month of March. If by any chance, I earn three more dollars before March’23, the end of my one-month membership period, I could afford to read unlimited for the next month of April as well.

My 5$ Goal has therefore been accomplished.

Read Unlimited Goal is kind of achieved.
I won’t say, I *read* unlimited with my 5$ but yes the source is indeed unlimited for 5$.

What are the benefits I got for 5$?

# I must have read over fifty works of fellow writers including short stories, poetry, essays and articles. So this is definitely a great benefit being a member. As a non-member, I would have got just three for free.

# I faced no restrictions. I could search for any niche —

  • Creative writing like poetry, flash and micro-stories, novellas which include fiction,non-fiction, humor, thriller, suspense, crime, horror, emotional, and anything I type.
  • Technology — old or new or the latest
  • Science and research
  • Healthcare — Physical, functional and psychological…
  • All about writing
  • Blogging
  • Freelancing
  • Business
  • Entrepreneurship
  • World news and Regional news
  • Corona virus update

I am sure, I didn’t complete the list because I didn’t have enough time to explore this writers globe.

# I could read works of any author or a poet or writer or any of the writing giants.

# Learned *life lessons through fellow writers’experiences and advice and personal stories — some heartbreaking, some funny and some that I could relate with…

# Learned *how to be creative, the style of writing, vocabulary, grammar and narrative skills…

# Learned *how to be productive, tips and tricks for writing…

#A lot of inspiration from fellow writers

And above all

#Made Friends — Friends whom I could never meet in my life, who belong to far far places of this world but just united by the bond of writing. Who selflessly help, share their experience and advice and who clap generously to encourage.

Breathless!!! This is all for just 5$.

But I have to earn my 5$.
To earn, I must write.
To write, I must spend extra time.
I can write only if I get writing mood and ideas.

If I don’t get ideas???
Feeling of frustration, anxiety and anger…
Feeling to quit medium.

Even I write, how much do I earn???
Each story earns between .01 to .47
Then the self-doubts arise —
Oh why my stories are not earning enough?
Am I not an efficient writer?
Maybe I am not good at writing…

Starts calculating —
one story earns average of 0.10$
so how many stories should I write
to earn 5$?

In conclusion:
To read unlimited, I must be psychologically drained.

The End

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Chirag

A creative neuro-scientist, fascinated by the world of fiction and ageing neuroscience. Email @ Wordpottery@gmail.com