

Where possible, code should be in text form rather than images. This is self-aggrandizing and wastes your readers’ time.

Resist the temptation to use pull quotes to quote your own story, or to tease something you’re about to say anyway. Note that you should not use pull quotes under any other circumstances, as they make the text harder to read. If it’s a multi-line quote, you should use Medium’s pull quotes: “When you have wit of your own, it’s a pleasure to credit other people for theirs.” Always attribute quotes to the people who originally said them. Plagiarism - misrepresenting someone else’s writing as your own - is a serious offense in college, and it’s just as serious on Medium. A Google image search query with the “Labeled for reuse” option selected. If you’re looking for images you can safely use without permission, check out Pexels, Unsplash, or search Google for images labeled for re-use.
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In practice, though, most magazines and movie studios have better things to do than send cease and desist letters to people who merely attributed their copyrighted images. In some cases, this might not prove enough for an image right holder. The simplest way to attribute an image is to put the words “Image credit” below an image, and link this text to its original source.

It will look better in Medium’s own news feeds.When people share your story on Facebook and Twitter, it will be more prominent in news feeds, making people more likely to click on it.It’s also awkward when you’re done talking about the photo and your text is still pushed to the side.Īlways include a high-resolution image at the top of a story under your headline. Don’t use this size at all, because it makes the text less comfortable to read.
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If you have a chart that is hard to read when it’s small, go bigger:Īnd if you’re really proud of an image, or if it’s chock full of interesting data, go full-bleed: Most of the time, you’ll want to stick with column width: Note that these will all look the same on mobile. Medium offers four different image widths. Long headlines can also prevent your top image from appearing in news feeds. And who knows when you’ll get around to writing part 2, anyway.Īlso, if your headline is too long, Medium will truncate it. “Clever but matter-of-fact headline about an interesting topic”ĭon’t label stories that are part 1 of a series “part 1.” It scares people off, as they will perceive reading it to be a bigger time commitment. “11 outrageous headlines that will compel people to read your Medium story” “You won’t believe this one ridiculously effective headline dark pattern” These are the most important part of your story, and you should put some serious thought into them. Feel free to use it for your publication as well. After spending more than 1,000 hours writing and editing stories for our Medium publication, I’ve decided to create this living style guide for contributors.
