How To Manage Your Story Like A Pro On Medium
Features I Didn’t Know As A Beginner
It’s been a few days since I started using Medium. I hadn’t heard about it until just a few days ago, so basically, I didn’t know a thing about Medium before I signed up.
Even after I finished signing up, I wasn’t sure about writing here. But somehow, I ended up writing my first story on Medium. Believe me, it was super easy for me to write.
All I had to do was click ‘Write’ in the top right corner, and I was good to go.
But after reading stories on Medium, I realized that there was something missing in mine. Fortunately, I figured it out soon enough that I didn’t know a lot about its features, so I was having issues in managing my story.
So, these are few features that I found by exploring Medium and with the help of YouTube, Google, and other platforms. These will help you write, manage and enhance your story in a professional manner.
I’m going to explain one by one briefly.
How to add Title and Subtitle?
- Start writing your story by writing your title.
- Select your text including the title and select ‘Big T’.
- To add a subtitle write below your subtitle text.
- Select the text and press ‘Small T’.
How to add a kicker?
- To add a kicker place your cursor at the beginning of your title and press enter.
- By pressing enter, space above your title would be free.
- In this space, you can write your kicker and again select ‘Small T’ after selecting the text.
How to add header and sub-header?
- Header and Sub-header is similar to Title and Subtitle.
- Select text which you want as Header and click ‘Big T’.
- For sub-header, click ‘Small T’.
How to start a numbered list?
- To create a numbered list, press 1 and a period (“1.”) and then press the space bar.
- Write your text and hit Enter.
- After you press enter, an automatic numbered-list will be generated.
How to start a bulleted list?
- To insert a bullet, press the hyphen or dash key (“_”) , and then press the space bar.
- After writing your text, press Enter, and a bulleted list will be generated.
How to add an image?
- Click on the “+” symbol that appears at the beginning of a new line.
- The first and second options allow you to add an image.
- You can add an image from your gallery by selecting the first option or from Unsplash by choosing the second option.
How to add a video?
- Click on the “+” symbol, and the third icon is for adding videos.
- You can paste the link of the video you want to add there.
- After hitting enter, wait a few seconds for the video to load, and then you’re good to go.
How to add an embed content?
- If you want to add embedded content (such as from Twitter, Blogger, or Medium), click on the “+” symbol.
- Next, select the fourth option (“< >”) and paste your link.
- Upon hitting Enter, wait a few seconds and you’re good to go.
How to add a new part?
If you want to add a new part to the same story, there’s a pretty simple solution.
- Click on the “+” symbol that appears at the beginning of a new line.
- Select the sixth option (“…”), and you can add a new part.
How to attach a link with your text?
- To add a link, select the text.
- Click the third option and paste your link there.
- Press Enter.
- When your reader clicks on that text, the corresponding link will open.
- For example: Here are more basic tips you must consider while writing.
How to add relevant topics or tags?
Adding appropriate tags is a crucial step to make your content more discoverable to other readers.
- Always choose tags that are highly relevant to your story.
- Opt for commonly used tags like writing, self-care, and programming.
- Avoid using complex or uncommon words as tags.
- Try to avoid tags with a low number of stories associated with them.
Explore writing styles:
- To bold your text select text and press “B”.
- “i” is for Italic writing.
- For quotes or sayings, click on the quotation mark symbol (“).
- To discover various writing styles, click again on the quotation mark symbol (“) after selecting the text.
Fun fact: I’ve been having a hard time finding these features on Medium, even though they are described when you press Ctrl+?. I didn’t know.
I even ended up writing a story to help. Whatever, I’m still going yo publish it.
Hope these features help you manage your story well.