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What I Learned Writing Every Day on Medium
Publishing 3 times a day was enlightening
In December I randomly decided to do a writing challenge. In all honesty, I didn’t fully think it through. I forgot about the Christmas holidays, the fact that I have my classic last-minute present shopping to do and I also had to work.
However, I am glad I made the effort. I published 3 times per day, read loads of other writers’ work, and didn’t look at the stats for a whole month.
Spoiler alert I will not be sticking to this habit but it did teach me a lot. I’d recommend a writing challenge to anyone as it teaches you what you enjoy, what kind of writer you want to be, and how it feels to write every day.
I discovered a love of poetry
Writing whatever I wanted led to me writing Haiku poems. They were quick to write, helped me publish 3 times per day as I didn’t always have the time to write 3 articles and I enjoyed it.
When I started writing what I wanted I instinctively turned to poetry. It made me (re) discover this hobby.
Medium for me is not a source of income so I’m able to do what I want. There is real freedom on this site and my challenge made me realize I don’t have to write what everyone else seems to be writing (How…
