In this month’s Writer Newsletter, Zulie @ #Medium shares alternatives to AI #images for #illustrating stories, popular story topics, #DraftDay2025 stats, a request for editor recognition, and more.

https://medium.com/@MediumStaff/writer-newsletter-7x-more-readers-are-opting-into-story-notifications-b2819c6218d6

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Today in The Medium Blog, Zulie @ Medium shares highlights of what happened on #Medium in April 2025, including:

• A recap of #DraftDay2025

• Perspectives on #PopeFrancis by Daniel B. Gallagher; the Iberian power outage by Charlie Brown; and #Trump, #tariffs, and possible insider training by @johnnyp

• Selected stories by first-time Medium writers

• Medium product updates, and more

https://blog.medium.com/it-happened-on-medium-april-2025-3fe5de742c51

It happened on Medium: April 2025 - The Medium Blog

Last month, 350 people joined Draft Day 2025 in the live Zoom event, dug through their drafts folder on Medium, found a dusty draft, polished it up, and pressed publish on that story. Some did that…

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Our monthly Editor Newsletter, previously sent to #Medium writers over email, is now posted on our site! In this month’s edition, Zulie @ Medium shares stats about our publications, a recap of #DraftDay2025, and a retrospective of new features for publications. https://medium.com/@MediumStaff/editor-newsletter-how-do-you-take-a-story-from-good-to-great-603e82f44cb0
Editor Newsletter: How do you take a story from good to great?

Hi editors, What’s your editing process? How do you take a story from good to great for your publication? And why do you do it? Leave a response on this story to tell me more! I’m featuring some…

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The Case for Killing “Directionless Verbs” in Your Writing

They waste your readers' time and are a writing cop out. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
https://writingcooperative.com/the-case-for-killing-directionless-verbs-in-your-writing-98317c192c9

#editing #writingtips #writing #editingandproofreading #draftday2025
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"That night, academics from all over the DMV received encrypted text messages to come and help move and hide as many articles of history as possible."

— "A Nation Survives" (fiction, 26 min read)

Published by Bigga Bigga P on Medium's #DraftDay2025

https://medium.com/the-identity-current/nation-survives-b42670736e3e?sk=3f2b008c11fbd0faffe121470109653d

A Nation Survives. Only a miracle would save it... | Identity Current

He had no need to dispute the damning testimony. In fact he was proud of what he had accomplished. Now was the time to take credit. Now was the time to fulfill his destiny. Yes, he was delusional…

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