MEDIUM RARE

The 4 Tabs I have Open When I am Writing An Article

Or… The attempt to make the writing experience on Medium more productive whilst reaching the greatest audience.

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If you want to streamline your writing experience and ensure that you give your article the best possible chance of being seen and read — then this is what I do.

1. The Article Editor

Obviously — I use the Grammarly plugin — however I don’t take all of its suggestions — and there have been many articles written on how Grammarly can stifle or silence your voice.

But it is helpful when it picks up spelling mistakes — which does make me lazy — sometimes I just like to tap away random notes throughout the page and then collate them later.

2. The Draft Article

I like to keep an eye on how long each of my articles are — I have found through a lot of trial and error that I have never been curated at less than 3 minutes — so I aim at 4 or so minutes.

3. The Best Tags And Topics List

I have a spreadsheet with a list of all of the topics with over 100'000 followers — when I have an idea for a story I look through…