Publication Guidelines
By: Benny Lim
Tags: Writers Blokke, Publication, Medium, Writer, Readers

Welcome to the Writers’ Blokke publication on Medium. This is a new publication that is catered for writers and readers alike.

A few guidelines to being part of this community that I hope everyone can follow and respect.

Be polite Be kind Want to write for us? Let us know Write as much as you want Read as much as you want Leave useful comments Make friends

I have no other expectations for this publication except that everyone just enjoys the articles on here and to be one big community of people who love writing and reading!

Hence the name of the publication.

If you would like to be a contributor for this publication, just drop a response below with the words “I want to be part of Writers’ Blokke!” and leave your Medium @username. You should be added within 24–48 hours.

*This publication will no longer be adding new editors so all new applicants will be added as a writer only.*

Please read through the writer’s guideline below first and understand the type of articles we accept on here.

Happy writing and reading!

The reason this publication was made is so that writers can have a place to showcase their work without being scrutinized too much.

That being said, not everything will be allowed on here.

You can write about almost anything but do try to avoid topics on sex, drugs, murder, and politics unless the articles are insightful and beneficial for the readers.

Instead, topics on positive things like health, fitness, food, love, self-improvement, poems, short stories and rainbows and sunshine. You get the picture. Yes, there are plenty of publications that have all those too but I noticed that the really big publications usually take days to publish your articles.

Things to remember when publishing/submitting your articles:

Titles and Subtitles

Have clear titles and subtitles. Please do NOT have the title in all caps, just the first letter of each word.

Subtitles to then provide a bit more information on what the article will be about.

Pictures

Have nice pictures, preferably royalty-free like those from Unsplash, etc.

If you do want to source images elsewhere, good to have high-resolution ones and always remember to CREDIT the original source and where you got the image from. It’s not nice to take credit for the work of others.

Language

I don’t mind some strong language, as long as it’s constructed in a not so rude way. Swear words are fine as long as it’s not to insult or degrade others.

A family-friendly tone would be better but I will leave that up to you.

Tagging

Please add proper tags to your articles. There are tabs in this publication that will showcase most of what we would like to highlight which are:

LIFE

SELF

LOVE

SHORT STORIES

WRITING

So do have at least one of those in your tags, providing it does fit the description. Other topics can be accepted as well, just that those mentioned above will get their own personalized tabs.

Also, if you are quoting another writer’s work in your article, do tag them too.

Article Length

Unless it’s a short story, it would be good that all your articles are below the 2,000 words mark or below a 15 minutes read.

Remember that most readers on Medium do not tend to spend more than 5–10 minutes reading an article and there are SO MANY articles on here that you don’t want them to skip past yours.

Play Nice

Never be rude in any of your articles and write your heart out!