You Are A Writer

You have to start somewhere, and this might be the best place

Something exciting happened this morning.

It may be a small step in the grand scheme of things, but today, there was nothing cooler than seeing this message at the top of the page:

“You are a writer in The Ascent. You can submit stories to be published in this publication.”

I’m a writer!

I wrote something and submitted it to a publication I saw myself fitting into — and they liked it enough to accept it!

The Ascent Begins

Today I got my first article published with one of the fastest-growing publications on Medium, called “The Ascent.” They currently have over 75,000 followers, and more are joining each day.

I’m excited about this for a couple of reasons, one being that this is the first semi-big publication I’ve ever written for; and two, I believe it means more opportunity for me as a writer.

Of course, I could be totally wrong about that. Nobody knows for sure, and as in most cases, I think only time will tell.

However, I’ve been reading that getting accepted by a publication is, in many ways, beneficial to a writer on Medium (for obvious reasons — just as it is generally…