Tips and tricks for Medium writers

Make the best out of Medium as a writer with these hints.

Using the editor

Create lists. You can start a bulleted list by typing a dash or asterisk, and then your first item. Once…

Have I Lost My Voice?

I’ve been trying to write on a few topics lately that have sparked my interest and failed. Relationships (a common theme for me), Addiction, Traveling. I’ve written things, deleted things, pushed and prodded here and there. I normally write with a bit of humor, and a lot of honestly…

Text Shots

You know that thing everybody does on Twitter where they screenshot some highlighted text to get around the 140 character limit? You know, like this?

Requesting stories & not accepting emails

Medium Engineering,

Wouldn’t it make more sense if —

When I go to request a story, the interaction currently goes like:

Scroll down to bottom of story > Click…

I don’t think that would be a “nice workaround”. It would be a workaround, period. Of late I’ve seen too many posts pop up on Medium where people are requesting better interaction tools. Part of that I think is because Medium’s growing in the number of users and people visiting it, and then realizing even though Medium wants to be a network, it’s…