How I Wrote a Popular Medium Story

The one that took off.

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I don’t know.

Honestly, no idea how this one story went viral.

Maybe people connected with it?

Maybe people just enjoyed the story?

Maybe that deal I made with the devil is actually paying off finally?

I don’t know.

I typed up the story fairly quickly.

I was on vacation, and as all single people traveling solo at the airport know, we fall in love with one another when we spot another single traveler.

Did We Fall in Love at the Airport?

Therefore, I typed up what I thought would just be another little amusing story to add to my profile.

When the notifications on my phone started to blow up, I was surprised to see they were all from Medium, not from an admirer I hoped would be texting their undying love for me.

It wasn’t just the claps, or comments, that took off.