It works! I get steemit money .. how is that possible

I'm not a native English speaker and there will be some mistakes in my grammar and spelling... sorry about that.

I try to figure out how it works. I post a story i make a picture and then i see the 0,00 go up. Just a little but still. First i had some tries with more experimental stories. Nothing happened. Than i just wrote down a story that just caught my attention and slowly with every story it became a little more. Now i have to figure out how to convert it to conventional money.

I will inform you about the baby steps in my understanding:)