Hi Joseph. I understand your feelings as I felt the same when I started on Medium. Some pubs did not even bother to notify and some rejected me without even understanding my content.

As I noticed many writers felt the same pain, I established ILLUMINATION which now supports 11,600 writers and growing daily.

To further help absolute beginner,s I established a new publication called Readers Hope. It is 3 days old. All writers even if they cannot write a whole story can join. We will help them grow and become great writers one day.

None of those arrogant elites was born as a writer. They forgot they couldn't even write a word before like anyone else. Writing is a skill that anyone with cognitive abilities can learn.

Here is the invitation to all beginners who want to start with even one sentence. No rules apart from adhering to Medium rules. https://medium.com/illumination/vision-and-mission-of-readers-hope-b53450864370 Thank you for your kind mention. Your inspring words meant a lot to me.