Welcome to the Creators Hub

Summary

Medium has launched the Creators Hub, a resource for writers to improve their writing, editing, storytelling, and audience engagement skills, featuring insights and advice from Medium staff and platform writers.

Abstract

Medium has introduced the Creators Hub, a dedicated blog aimed at supporting Medium writers. This initiative is part of Medium's broader efforts to enhance the platform's expressiveness and strengthen the connection between writers and their audience. The Creators Hub offers a variety of resources, including best practices, guidelines, writer spotlights, and creative advice from Medium's editorial team and experienced writers across the platform. It serves as a hub for writers to refine their craft and grow their readership, with content ranging from finding story ideas to self-editing techniques, time management for writing, and writing across different formats.

Opinions

Michelle Woo, a Senior Editor, emphasizes the importance of understanding audience mood to select stories for publication.
Indrani Sen, Forge Editor in Chief, provides a self-editing checklist to help writers refine their work.
Amy Shearn, a Senior Editor, suggests that finding the right time to write is crucial and offers a quiz to help writers identify their optimal writing time based on their habits.
Ross McCammon, Executive Editor, shares a comprehensive guide on writing effectively across various formats, from tweets to viral stories.
The Medium team values continuous learning and improvement in writing, as evidenced by the upcoming Q&A sessions, submission guides, and inspirational content planned for the Creators Hub.

A new blog for Medium writers

Over the last few weeks you’ve seen quite a few updates on Medium, including a move toward a Medium that is more expressive for you, and a Medium that focuses on the connection between you and your audience. And there’s more to come. Today we’re launching the Creators Hub, a new Medium blog where you can find resources to hone your skills in writing, editing, storytelling, and audience growth. You’ll find best practices, guidelines, writer spotlights, and creative resources from Medium staff, as well as advice from writers across the platform.

We are launching with a collection of stories on creativity and writing with the help of the team from Medium’s personal development publication, Forge:

How can you find ideas for stories that will resonate with your audience? Senior Editor Michelle Woo shares an approach, bringing you an inside look at a fundamental question that helps her team decide what articles to publish and why.

We share a tried and true checklist for how you can edit yourself from Forge Editor in Chief Indrani Sen in “A Self-Editing Checklist.”

Finding time to write is an ongoing challenge to maintaining a writing practice. Senior Editor Amy Shearn offers a quiz that’ll help you discover the best time to write, based on your creative habits.

Writing expands far and wide, be it tweets, emails, viral stories, and more. What are the best practices across these formats? Ross McCammon, Executive Editor shares a guide in Forge’s eminently useful package on how to write anything.

In the coming weeks, you’ll find Q&As, submission guides, inspiration, and more. Stay tuned!

Thanks again for writing,

Medium 101

Welcome to the Creators Hub

A new blog for Medium writers