Writing Medium Stories in Word for Newbies!
Medium story writing starts with structuring your stories!
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What you will learn from this article
What does it mean to structure a Medium story?
Getting ideas for your next Medium story.
Structuring your Medium story in Microsoft Word.
Write your Medium story but do not publish yet.
What does it mean to structure a Medium story?
To structure your next Medium stories, you can simply use Microsoft Word. But we will get to that. Structuring your Medium stories means writing down or typing the ideas down somewhere.
As a writer, you will have some days where all the ideas and creativity will drive you nuts! With everything hitting you at once. Then there will be other days when it seems like you have nothing, just staring at your PC screen.
That is why all the ideas and creativity with the “driving you nuts” days must be taken down. Somehow recorded, if you cannot write (or type) ideas down, then just try to make a voice recording on your phone.
You are going to need those for the “empty days” because even when you just have the headings and subheadings (and key points) recorded or written down somehow. It will jump-start your memory.
Getting ideas for your next Medium story
There are several ways to do that, among my favourites as I have often mentioned is commenting. But there are also Google and YouTube searches. You have an ocean of information right in front of you.
Use it because the best part is that it is completely free!
Simply paying attention to what is ranking and what people are looking for, is a great place to start. Or what people are discussing in comments (not necessarily only on Medium). Sometimes even asking for help.
When people do ask for help in comments, that does not mean “sales opportunity”. Get rid of that idea. It means you must come up with a solution for their problem if you don’t already have one (without a URL).
When you solve problems, you will build trust, and your Medium stories will start gaining proper traction. But it is a “consistency thing”, so try and write as often as you can.
When you do use things like Google and YouTube search and check out the content. Don’t write a similar post, make your content your own by coming up with something better.
It must serve as a guide, not as an “article-spinning” opportunity. Do the research and put in the work if you want to outwrite your competitors. Being just another copy-and-paste writer is not “it”.
Structuring your Medium story in Microsoft Word
Personally, I love using Microsoft Word to create my next Medium story structures. But when I’m not in front of my desktop, I will use a voice recording or make a note on my phone.
Even if you just get the structures down, it is more than enough to come back to later. As illustrated below, the Medium story in Word is structured by means of headings, subheadings, etc.
I have not yet created the featured image, that is only done once I “filled in the gaps”. The template below is an illustration of the structure I laid out for this particular article in Word.
It should give you a clear idea of how to structure Medium stories for affiliate marketing. Please don’t copy this illustration for personal benefit. It serves only as a demonstration.
Write your Medium story but do not publish it yet.
This actually forms part of a content marketing strategy I am working on. You may, or might not have seen me mentioning it. But it involves both publishing your Medium stories.
Along with just saving up a “drafts bank”. Those “driving you nuts” days are your opportunity to do just that. The days that you can write 6, 7, or even 8 or more Medium stories per day.
Admittedly, at the moment I have no drafts among my Medium stories. It’s been a bit hectic, but I will catch up, eventually. I do however have a few structured articles ready.
But I will dive deeper into that once I am done testing and publishing the entire Medium story. With a rather effective content marketing strategy. Now you have a basic idea of pre-structuring your Medium stories.
I also have another Microsoft Word document, with all the disclosures and different image credits saved. Along with notices where applicable. Like a template, I use for each different Medium story.
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