Why I Will Never Charge You For an Online Writing “Course”

Whatever information I elect to share on the web is meant to help you and pay it forward.

Let’s say I was reading Medium this morning. Let’s also say I was subsequently inspired to order a course from a given Medium writer, so as to effectuate the best possible results for my own efforts.

If I elected, at this stage in my life and career, to pay for a writing course and my wallet was at the ready, I’d be a bit flustered.

Why does it seem as though every other writer on Medium, who writes about the medium… is selling a course?

Who should I choose? Who should I believe?

Who will get me the best results for my hard-earned cash?

I’m going to quickly eliminate writers who discuss writing online exclusively, as there is no implication of training for a larger career, there. It’s all about making money — usually by taking advantage of aspiring writers — via promises of attaining a similar degree of “success.”

As in, “Order my course about online writing, and you will learn how to make money by selling your own course about online writing.”

Fuck off.