The thing is that I haven’t really figured out what I want yet. I honestly had no plans when I started writing on Medium. If it hadn’t been for Invisible Illness publishing one of my first pieces I would probably still have zero followers (except for the bots and fake accounts of course hehe). So I do think that getting into at least a few major publications is essential in getting the needed traction and minimum follower count. Maybe it’s just a personal challenge now. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that any of this could make me any money at all. But the last payout was so unexpected that I really want to know now where this could potentially go. I’m a bit of a perfectionist and I want to know how far I can push this.
Then again, I don’t think you’ll get far on Medium if you refuse to publish clickbait dreck. And I won’t do that.