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My Story Was Rejected by the Editor. I Don’t Know Why.
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I’m puzzled.
My story was rejected.
The editor left a note telling me that my story about “learn and earn” was way too dramatic about making money.
You told me to edit. That’s fine.
But before I decided to edit, I had to check other stories that were published by that pub.
I wanted to understand the pub’s direction and tone.
I scrolled down twice, then I found something that made me want to spill out the F-word in German.
I mean, fantastic!
I can’t speak German, but all I could do was laugh when reading the headline:
“How to make your first $100 on Medium.”
Bro, that’s sooooooo much more obvious than my articles.
Why did that one get published?
But I hate wasting my time arguing with people, especially on the internet.
So, I just moved on to another pub and hit publish.
I swear to God,