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MEDIUM TUTORIAL
7 Easy Steps to Submitting a Draft to Any Publication on Medium
So easy … you can do this!
Starting Point
Ready to start the tour? Hang on and enjoy yourself! Hopefully, you’ll learn something new and have fun doing it!
From your home page, look to the upper right-hand corner of your screen. Right next to your profile image, you will see these 2 icons:
1. Write First, Then Submit 😁
Click on the Write icon that looks like a pen on paper, which will automatically open a new window that looks like this:
2. Add a Headline
Outside of adding a snazzy image, your headline is the first thing a reader sees. See that place where the word “Title” is in gray? Put your cursor there and type your headline. Hit RETURN/ENTER and you will see your cursor move to the next line below it.
It will look like this:
3. Add a Subhead
This is also a key part of grabbing your reader. Unless you’re writing for The Daily Cuppa and your words matter in the final word count, you will want to create a subhead.
So, right there where the plus sign in the circle is next to the gray “Tell your story …” type your subhead. For Refresh the Soul, we prefer your first word be capitalized only. For example, “The subhead creates more intrigue” would look like this underneath the headline.
You’re not done yet, though. Now highlight the subtitle and you will see this:
