Your Essential Checklist for Polished Writing on Medium

7 things you need to consider before you submit your story

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You may have noticed — writing on Medium is different. When I mentor new writers, I find they often struggle with the same aspects.

To be successful on this platform, it helps to have a strong, unique voice and original writing style, but there are definitely some basic rules to be followed if you want to do well.

Your Medium Basics Checklist:

1. Create a strong title

A good title is crucial. Without it, no-one will even read your story.

Take the time to study good titles, learn different successful formulas, and practice writing them. Many successful writers create 10 or more titles for each story before they settle on one.

• Highlight your title and click the Large T formatting tool.
• You can choose to place your title above or below the image. Most people place it above.
• Use title case — each word has an uppercase letter, except small words such as “in”, “a” etc.
• Do not add punctuation at the end, except a question mark if appropriate.
• Medium will not curate stories…