About Scribe’s New Design

From experience, I know that any change is good to take. And today, I wanted to talk to you about the new publishing tools available to editors and hear your views on what changes could be made to Scribe.

Dear reader,

As always, I am very happy to meet you again to share a few words with you and introduce you to your weekly digest. I hope you still like this newsletter!

This week, I had access to the new customization tools for publications and profiles. By the way, I invite you to tell me what you think of my profile. There are many things less, but hey, I like to try new things.… So, Scribe has been enrolled in beta. I’ve started looking at the new features, and I can’t hide the fact that I’m a bit disappointed.

To sum up briefly, in its beta version, Scribe would look like a simple page (a bit like profiles), featured pages would no longer be highlighted, there would no longer be a navigation bar, no more possibility to display blocks on the page (external or internal links), no more possibility to create sections to highlight stories (like the current “Featured ∙ Poetry” and “Featured ∙ Fiction” sections).

Basically, Medium just offers to customize the font and colors of some elements and removes all the possibilities we have with current publications. Everything that can be done at the moment in terms of curation disappears.

It’s strange, and even though it was announced that this was only the beginning of a lot of new things, I’m a little worried. But I’m still confident! I think the design team is working on these new features, and that’s just a very small glimpse of what they’re up to. Anyway, I hope so.

To give you an idea of what Scribe would look like with the changes, take a look at Human Part or Elemental. I would like you to share in reply to this letter (or by email if you prefer) what you think about it. And if you would like me to take the test with Scribe for a few days or a week for example.

Also feel free to tell me how you read the stories in the publication, if it’s more on your mobile or if you open the publication on your computer’s browser.

I’m not against change, but I want your reading and writing experience on Scribe to be as enjoyable as possible. Above all, I want to continue to highlight your stories in the best possible way.

This week, Chelsea London was the featured writer in the column. I hope you liked her new poem, Walking With Myself.

Starting this Sunday, I am pleased to highlight John Ross’s writing. You’ve most likely already read him around here, and I’m sure you’ll enjoy discovering or re-reading his stories and poems. His latest poem published on Scribe: I Sit Alone, Alone a Wreck.

Have you read the three new fictions published this week? The Empty Drawer, by Bradley J Nordell. The Smiling Anchor, by Kat of Magik. Beyond the Wall, by Trisha Traughber.

For my part, I thought about winter (it has been so hot and dry since March that I’m looking forward to the rain and cold). And then I wrote a thought, inspired by a quote from a great lady who recently passed away: Look Like Someone Else.

May your weekend be sweet. ♥︎

Thomas Editor-in-Chief

Your weekly digest:

Leave Me Asleep, by Veronica Georgieva. Stand Again, by Elle Rogers. Encore, by Florence Alix-Gravellier. Blowing Smoke, by Karie Luidens. Where Giants Sleep, by Caroline Mellor. Percolate Me, by Connie Song. Love Me, by Priyanka Srivastava. Are You Okay?, by Jasmine Poulton. The Sweetness Was Found Between the Thorns, by Louise Foerster. Walking With Myself, by Chelsea London. The Perfect Imperfection, by Simran Kankas. I Sit Alone, Alone a Wreck, by John Ross. Futility, by Andjela Djuric. Forbidden Fruit, by Sheena Pokhan. Alligator, by RH. Dust, by Farah Egby. Doubts, by Sameer Verma. Door, by Vivienne Teh. Shrapnel Serenade, by Aspen Blue. See Me, by Jessica Lee McMillan. Reaching Beyond, by Lilac India. The Smiling Anchor, by Kat of Magik. Songs Remind Me to Love You More, by Sylvia Wohlfarth. Beyond the Wall, by Trisha Traughber.

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