Templates and T-Ks
Two shortcuts to help you write faster
Templates and T-K are both shortcuts I use to make writing on medium easier — but I also use them everywhere I write. Whenever I get stuck for a word or phrase I write T-K and then later I go through and batch search T-K and replace with the word/s I need. It means I don’t have to stop writing to check my dictionary or thesaurus, or more commonly these days, to google.
Templates I use especially with formats I use frequently, for example my newsletters and writers prompts. It’s also useful to have templates for specific medium publications, so you don’t have to reread the style sheet every time.
As most of us know, on medium, if there’s T-K in your text the story won’t publish until you remove it. The abbreviation T-K actually stands for “To come” and is a printing and journalistic reference used to indicate that additional material is pending.
NB: in this article, I’ve had to use the abbreviation T-K with a dash because, literally, this piece would not publish if the dash wasn’t separating the T from the K. To use it as medium means it to be used, omit the dash. It also needs to be capitalised.
Usefulness
Let’s say you’re writing a story and you’re in the flow; the ideas are just gushing out and you don’t want to…
