Guide to Writing Smart on Medium

Learn the in’s and out’s of Medium from top writers and high earners so that you can work sustainably and smart.

Dear Medium writer who is tired of the regular old articles on being successful on Medium,

I offer you a smarter way to succeed on the platform. One that doesn’t have you breaking your back and leaking your best works for free online. This is my collection of articles on earning and writing on Medium. My advice is centered on sustainability, writing what you love, and an eye on actually becoming a better writer.

What you’ll never find in these articles is advice to write or publish every day. When you do that, writing every single day for a platform like Medium, you transition from writer to content mill, storyteller to work mule. The amount of work you put in takes away the value you get from the site.

You will, however, find insightful advice based on personal experience. Along with advice, both good and bad, from the top 1% of earners on the site. After reading these articles, you’ll walk away with a plan of attack for the site that leads to success and not burnout.

This is an ever-growing list that I’ll be adding to and enhancing as I learn more about the platform.

Table of Contents
-Understanding Curation
-Up Your Earnings
-Making Money on Medium
-Writing Titles and Subtitles

Understanding Curation:

Up Your Earnings:

(this was written before the new Medium change of moving away from their own publications, so the info is slightly outdated, but Better Humans still buys articles)

Making Money on Medium

Writing Titles and Subtitles:

Aigner Loren Wilson is a queer Black SFWA, HWA, and Codex writer. She was listed on the honors list for the Otherwise Fellowship award for 2019 and has work in Fiyah, Tordotcom, Vice, and more. She offers a writing craft newsletter to people who want to become better writers and publish quality pieces.