Medium FAQ For Beginners

Your most common questions answered by three talented writers on Medium

I remember when I first started writing on Medium, I didn’t have a single clue what was going on. I can’t imagine I’m the only one that had the same confusing experience.

I remember hearing about Medium more than a year ago. It was described as a “blogging platform” to me. For being just a “blogging platform”, Medium sure has lots of stuff going on for it.

As soon as I got my feet wet with writing on Medium, I excitedly told a friend all about my experience on the platform. My friend is an avid reader and aspiring writer herself. She asked me, “Well, how do I get started?”

I excitedly rambled about how Medium worked — not only about writing on the platform itself but about curation, distribution, publications, the Medium Partner Program, different tags & topics.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa!”

Whoa was right. All this stuff about Medium is enough to scare anyone away. And who can blame them?

I’m a voracious reader and consider myself a human sponge for information. I’m one of those nerds that like to browse and read Wikipedia because it’s fun for me.

When I first started writing, I threw myself at Medium and tried to find out everything I could about the platform and how it worked. I read good articles from established writers about how Medium worked. I also read lots of pretty crappy articles from not-so-established writers about how they thought Medium worked.

Luckily, I was able to get grounded on the platform pretty quickly, but the one thing that would have made it easier for me was having a mentor. I pretty much didn’t know who to go to when I wanted to ask questions — especially the questions that I was too embarrassed to ask others.

Unfortunately, many people who want to begin writing on Medium don’t have the time, the connections, or the know-how to get the answers they need to get started.

I’ve always had a passion for helping develop people and unlocking people’s potential. The last thing I would want is for potentially amazing writers to be deterred from writing on Medium because of all the nuances of the…

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