Medium Writers Starter Pack
⚡️Your one-stop-shop for writing on Medium ⚡️
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3 min readAug 10, 2021
We’ve gathered some of the most useful resources, advice, and inspiration for writing on Medium. This is a good place to start, and by no means exhaustive. If you’ve found more resources you love, drop them in the comments!
✨ Read these first
- Interested in writing on Medium? Start here.
- 10 Ways to Support Your Writing Habit
- How to Write an Essay Everyone Wants to Read
- A Quick Guide on Building Your Audience From Scratch
🗺 Get started on Medium
- A Guide to Making the Most of Your Medium Profile
- If You Are Looking to Write for Publications, Start Here
- Need something to write about? Check out Write Here. It’s full of inspiring writing prompts.
📝 Make the most of Medium’s writing editor
- Tips for Formatting Your Title and Headers
- Best Practices for Using Block Quotes and Pull Quotes in Your Stories
- Tips on Finding Great Images for Free
- Writing Alt-Text for Your Stories
- Tips and Tricks in the Medium Writing Editor
📈 Grow your audience
First steps for growth
- 3 Tips for Building Your Audience on Medium
- Finding Your Beat is Easier Than You Think
- Writing into the Void is the First Step to Success
- SEO Tips to Make Your Stories Discoverable and Grow Your Readership
- Connect to Your Twitter Network on Medium
Community and connection
- A Quick Exercise to Help You Identify Your ‘Ideal Reader’
- How to Connect With Readers Beyond Publishing Stories
- How to Self-Promote Without Turning People Off
Email and newsletter tips
…And more.
💡 Creative advice for beginners and beyond
The creative journey
- How to Overcome Writer’s Block
- How I Found the Time to Write a Book
- How I Turned My Niche Fixation Into Paid, Full-Time Blogging
The craft of writing
- How to Write a Headline
- Why You Should (Probably) Delete Your First Paragraph
- Your Guide to Writing (Almost) Everything
- The Only Book About Writing You’ll Ever Need
Making improvements
- The Simplest Way to Improve as a Writer
- How to Hear What Your Story Is Actually Saying
- A Self-Editing Checklist From an Editor-in-Chief
💸 Earn for your writing
- Earn for your writing in the Medium Partner Program
- Getting started with the Partner Program
- Resources on the Medium Partner Program
- A quick guide to monetization on Medium
- A quick guide to Referred Memberships
