3 Epic Lessons After Publishing My 100th Article

On writing, life and money

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Ah, 2019. The year I published my first article. Wasn’t the world much less fucked up back then?

Nobody had ever heard of Covid-19, Will Smith hadn’t committed an assault on national television, and people weren’t turning tricks behind gas stations to pay for gas.

Good times.

I know, publishing one hundred articles isn’t anything to write home about, but there's something about the milestone that feels like a reason to celebrate.

And what better way to celebrate than to write about it — it’s the done thing around here, right?

Here’s what I’ve learned so far:

1. Make your readers feel something

Most writers treat their headlines like an afterthought.

You spend hours writing and meticulously editing uour work, only to top it off with a hastily cobbled-together headline a four-year-old could have come up with.

If you’ve ever thought, “Why has nobody read this article?” (and I know you have) your headline is probably one of the reasons.

I don’t know what constitutes virality on Medium, but the articles below are my most viewed pieces.