3 Reasons I Love Writing on Medium and 3 Reasons I Dislike It

My Love-Hate Relationship with Medium is a Roller Coaster

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“When everything works best, it’s not because you chose writing but because writing chose you. It’s when you’re mad with it, it’s when it’s stuffed in your ears, your nostrils, under your fingernails. It’s when there’s no hope but that.” — Charles Bukowski

I love writing on Medium, but there are days when it drives me crazy, and I wonder why I keep going. My relationship with Medium is a love—hate roller coaster ride. But this roller coaster never stops. Maybe you can relate. Here are three reasons why I love writing on Medium and three reasons I dislike it.

Why I Love Writing on Medium

“Write as if you were dying. At the same time, assume you write for an audience consisting solely of terminal patients. That is, after all, the case. What would you begin writing if you knew you would die soon? What could you say to a dying person that would not enrage by its triviality?” — Annie Dillard

1. Love

Writing is what I love doing.

I’m a freelance writer. I work from home. Making my own writing schedule is a huge perk that I enjoy. I write content for different…