How to Start Writing on Medium: A Tutorial

When you want to write your way to an income stream.

Shaunta Grimes
The Write Brain
Published in
7 min readMay 25, 2020

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I have a lot of friends who are talented writers — and who are looking for ways to create income streams right now.

This post is for them. And for you, if you’re checking out Medium because you think it might be a good fit for you, but you’re overwhelmed at the prospect of getting started writing here.

I’m planning a series of posts with the very basics of getting started. Check back every day for the next several days, so you don’t miss any of them. Or follow this publication, to get notified.

This post is about the very, very basic starting steps.

What exactly is Medium and why should I write on it.

Medium is two things. A platform and a publisher.

As a platform it’s easy to use — clean and simple. You just type your post, click publish, and voila! You’re published. Stay tuned in the next few days for more on exactly how to do those things (because of course everything is easier said than done.)

It’s similar to any blogging platform like Wordpress or Squarespace. Or Blogspot. Is Blogspot still a thing? You don’t own the domain here. So instead of www.yourname.com, your…

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Shaunta Grimes
The Write Brain

Learn. Write. Repeat. Visit me at ninjawriters.org. Reach me at shauntagrimes@gmail.com. (My posts may contain affiliate links!)