Modern online writing styles — Collection-1 (Must Read for Medium Writers)

Writing has always been the same. But the audience, the medium of distribution, technology, and its form have changed. So the style needs the change.

I have been writing online since 2007 and recently started in Medium. I could see how things evolved for me and for the whole world. I adapted to the readers’ needs.

The (Medium) medium that we publish has certain untold, unwritten requirements set by readers. These requirements are mostly influenced by how things are now on the internet. The modern internet.

In the age of Twitter, everything shrinks under 180 characters. Then to 280. Today’s Twitter (called) ‘X’ uses threads to accommodate long-form content. (They are also migrating to long-form tweets/notes that support up to 2500 characters).

I see the co-existence of Long-form, short-form, and micro-form (limited to 280 characters) and the blend of them changing how written content is produced today.

Resumes’ are no longer printed. They started to reside on LinkedIn. And they no longer follow the same old style or format.

Today, The print medium is dated. The digital Medium (pun intended) became absolute.

So, you can’t follow the same style that was used in print publications if you want to adapt to the modern reader community. There’s a lot of modernization happening — happened. This is not the bandwagon for you to hop on or…