Everyone has a unique story to tell in this era of technology and innovation. Medium is one of the latest writing tools that allows thinkers, writers, and professionals to share their stories, thoughts, and creativity with the world
This guide will always help you to walk through the entire process: from writing the latter part of your first draft to sharing published wisdom on Medium.
Benefits and Expectations of Using Medium
In addition to providing space for writers, Medium offers a community of writers and readers who are ready to engage. Unlike other blogs, writers who publish on Medium receive extra credibility as the platform suggests their content through curated feeds.
Economy class or executive class writers with or without experience: everyone is free to publish their writing on Medium, solely because it focuses on reasonable and well organized thoughts, urging the writer to use his/her imagination meaningfully.
Capturing Attention Starting From The Idea
Before putting pen to paper, consider what information you would like to relay to the readers. People who write on Medium focus and thrive on personal development, productivity, well being, and storytelling. Reflect on the following “What experience and insight value do readers gain in the end?”
All of these questions are based on a strong and sharp purpose. A purposeful idea creates the backbone of a thoughtful draft. Writing with a set goal from the beginning emphasizes winning the right way.
Structuring Your Article
In the first draft, the primary concern is to get everything that is in your mind onto the paper. Don’t worry about getting it just right. Instead get it flowing. Write as if you were directly talking to your readers because sincerity is very important to the readers of Medium.
Remember to use active voice, short paragraphs and clearly defined subheadings to aid with the reader’s perception of your writing. This increases the possibility that the readers will remain till the end of the article.
Editing and Refining Your Work
Editing comes after a draft is done. At this stage, the article has to be polished. This is the stage where the rough ideas presented in the first draft are organized to better suit the article. Don’t forget to cut down on unnecessary words, correct grammar, and rearrange sentences along with paragraphs to aid the flow. Great writers on Medium are well known to excel in this aspect thanks to strong editing.
Confirm that the essence of editing and passing the clearing numerous times is achieved by reading the article out loud. When this phrasing feels normal, the article is good to go.
Adding Visual Elements
Unlike some writing platforms, Medium allows the use of images and videos, which greatly increases the effectiveness of the articles. Provided that the visuals used are of the best quality, they can greatly supplement the text. Such visuals greatly aid the article’s ability to receive wider exposure.
Do not fill the entire post with such images or quotes. The purpose of removing lifting the structure lowers the quality of the article even further. The whole article can be rendered useless if not focused. Focused features of text and multimedia may aid set visuals forces within the aid of telling of a clearly defined story. Exploration and Discovery
In order to expand reach, add those keywords which are likely to be searched (Do not go overboard!). Use appropriate tags so that the algorithm can recommend your post to the audience that it is intended for.
A good title and subtitle gives more than what is expected. Prompt in the heading and elaborate in the subtitle.
Create and publish on Medium
When you feel your content is ready for the world, just click on publish! You are allowed to preview the article before it goes live, so utilize that option. Finalize featured images, tags and do not forget to add the post to a Medium publication to increase visibility.
The moment you press publish is pretty satisfying because now you have thoughts and knowledge accessible to the rest of the world.
Sharing the article
Utilize other social media platforms to share your work after it goes live as Medium has pre-made followers integrated that enables quicker access to potential readers.
Encourage the readers to actively comment and share their thoughts as replying to comments creates a relationship and strengthens your influence affording you more visibility.
Lessons can be learned over time:
Practice makes perfect. Monitor the statistics dashboard on Medium to evaluate the performance of your articles: analyze what subjects your audience appreciates, what causes them to leave, and how they are directed to your work.
Such observations could assist you develop future content and help mark your voice and style.
Final Thoughts: Your Knowledge is Important
Medium serves as more than just a website, but a place that motivates and awakens ideas, and people. The journey starts from the first draft to pressing publish, authors are empowered to actively participate in shaping the discourse occurring online.
Readers are treated with priceless value as stories, lessons, and insights are presented to them. Medium hosts such wisdom waiting to be shared with people who need it most.
