Consider becoming the Beyonce of Medium with Shortform publishing, a cool method to skyrocket your reads and earnings, help us laugh at the algorithms, and risk turning into an influencer. The link above shows you the ins and outs. You can learn more about publishing Shortform in Michelle Legro’s story How to Publish Shortform.

Great aspects of Shortform publishing jump out.

You need only to write 100–150 words. Medium’s algorithms recognize your story as Shortform when you ‘Bold’ the first line and add no graphic or picture. Clickbait first sentences are good, and Medium is okay with them in this format.

Shortform publishing will help you become a concise writer.

Send readers to your longer stories with a link at the bottom and bolster your reads across Medium. We earn with every view. Though it’s a speedy read, publishing a couple of Shortform articles a day will build up income.