Formating | Style Guide | Reference
FAM Formatting and Style Guide
How to format your story for quickly publishing microfiction
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Medium is an easy platform for writing and publishing web-based stories using its simple blogging interface. It’s flexible, powerful, and provides a visually appealing and easy-to-read document for your audience.
If you’ve been writing for Medium and other publications, the actions covered in this article will be familiar. If you’re new to writing on the Medium platform, reading the “Using the story editor” help article should help you get started.
When I write a short story, I use a different writing tool on my Mac called Scrivener. This isn’t required, but I want to emphasize it’s possible to draft, edit, proofread, and finish your…