1. Answer A Question
1.1. 1. Any Answer You Give To Someone Verbally
1.1.1. If your answer to the other person is insightful and useful to them, chances are it probably is interesting for your audience too.
1.2. 2. Write About A Great Answer Someone Gave You
1.2.1. If you receive great advice from someone, pass it along to your readers
1.3. 3. Answer A Question From Your Audience
1.3.1. People tend to have good follow up questions to things you’ve written in your story. Be inspired them
1.4. 4. Browse Quora For Questions To Answer
1.4.1. Quora has an incredible amount of great questions waiting to be answered on any topic.
1.4.2. If your answer is in long format, consider moving it over as a Medium story.
2. Be Aware
2.1. 5. Pay Attention To Your Conversations
2.1.1. Be a good listener. Even in regular conversations, a good topic comes up that’s worth writing about.
2.2. 6. Listen To Other People’s Conversations
2.2.1. Sometimes you overhear people talk about a topic of interest, or argue about something.
2.2.2. Without realizing, you make up your own opinion on the subject in your head.
2.2.3. Articles with multiple points of views make for interesting stories
2.3. 7. Just Pause And Look Around You
2.3.1. Be inspired by watching other people do things, or gazing at nature.
3. Consume Quality Content
3.1. 8. Read Books On The Topics You Write About
3.1.1. Chances are, almost everything you highlight in a book is a good topic for a Medium story.
3.2. 9. Listen To Podcasts On The Topics You Write About
3.3. 10. Start With A Quote
3.3.1. Any good quote is a good starting point for a story.
4. Recycle
4.1. 11. Re-write An Older Story Your Previously Wrote
4.1.1. Rewrite the story, packaged in a different, and more interesting way.
4.2. 12. Write On A Topic You Read From Another Writer
4.3. 13. Talk About A Relatable Story From Your Past
4.3.1. Ask yourself and write about your experience:
4.3.1.1. Did you grow up in a weird/different family context?
4.3.1.2. How was high school?
4.3.1.3. How was going to college?
4.3.1.4. How was your first date?
4.3.1.5. Your first kiss?
4.3.1.6. Your first job?
5. Do Things
5.1. 14. Attend Events
5.1.1. Find them on meetup.com
5.1.2. Or through Couchsurfing.
5.1.3. When you attend events, both the topic and the people you meet will inspire you to write.
5.2. 15. Practice Physical Activities
5.2.1. Physical activity is a hot topic and many people are looking for new things to try all the time.
5.3. 16. Travel
5.3.1. Anyone who travels a lot will have a few stories to share. By the nature of it, traveling tends to be quite eventful.
6. Educate
6.1. 17. Give Your Top Tips On Things You’re Good At
6.1.1. If you’re good at something, share it. These stories tend to do really good.
6.2. 18. Talk About Things That Worked And Things That Didn’t Work For You
6.2.1. Readers love it when you show your vulnerable side
6.3. 19. Talk About Your Hard Skills
6.3.1. Any hard skill you have is an interesting subject for your audience.
6.3.2. You don’t have to be the best in the world at it either.
6.3.3. Be honest, and give your best advice, with no pretense that your tips are the best in the world.
7. Cheating
7.1. 20. Listicles Just Work
7.1.1. They tend to be bite-sized and easy to read.
7.2. 21. Quotes Are Powerful
7.2.1. Assemble a series of related quotes and write a story around them.
7.2.2. People love categories, and when they’re about quotes, it’s powerful