The Medium Handbook

Live events from our Just Start Writing micro challenge

Links to live YouTube workshops from our…

How to use topics on Medium

Why use topics and which ones to choose for your Medium story

Editor Newsletter: Publication newsletters are reaching 2x as many recipients

Plus editing best practices, tons of educational resources for new writers, and Medium Day 2025 is coming!

Writer newsletter: The follow button redesign now sends ~30x more readers your story notifications

Plus Medium Day 2025, a free writing challenge, and how to use topics on Medium

How Medium publication editors help improve your writing

“I love being able to help [writers] with…

37 reasons Medium writers appreciate publication editors

Broken down into 5 subcategories.

Last month, I asked writers to shout out editors they’d loved working with. I got too many to highlight just one, so here are all the reasons writers…

How to publish a story on Medium

A short product tutorial and some formatting + distribution tips and…

What is a friend link on Medium?

How you can share your paywalled stories with non-Medium members.

Writer Newsletter: 7x more readers are opting into story notifications

May 2025