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Drafts 2Go: This golden nugget speeds up your Medium (mobile) drafts.
In Nigeria, we have a saying, “What you’re went searching for in Sókótó city (hundreds of miles away), is right inside the pockets of your ṣòkòtò (your trousers).”
Sókótó is a big city in North West Nigeria while ṣòkòtò is a Nigerian Yoruba word meaning trousers.
What makes the above saying interesting is the homographic pair of Sókótó and ṣòkòtò. Here is the kick, even though they spell the same when loosely translated into English language, each of them has a different pronunciation and meaning.
Next time, you hear that from a Nigerian, he is telling you to relax because the solution you’re searching for far away from home is right by your side. Now.
Enter my Drafts 2Go
If you use Notion app, my Drafts 2Go is a greatly relieving alternative writing app for Medium writers on Android mobile devices.
First things first, I am not the author of this Notion template. I only customized and rechristened the original Notion template from Medium Drafts 2.0 to “Drafts 2Go” for personal use. At one point, I even renamed it Medium 2Go but decided to change it to Drafts 2Go in deference to Tony Stubblebine and the other great guys at Medium.
Why you need Drafts 2Go
On Substack, I can write, edit, and publish on all device form factors — smartphones, tablets, and laptops. The editing tools and writing results are refreshingly consistent irrespective of your device form factor. Alas, this is not so with Medium.
Medium mobile writing app is a different ball game. Writing and editing on the mobile app is frustratingly next to impossibility. On Android devices, you can’t even do basic editing like “Undo” , “Redo”, or step back by a paragraph if you need to. You must always get back to your desktop to finish editing or publishing your stories.
For whatever reason, Medium has imposed this limitation despite numerous app upgrades. This is a lagging setback as inspiration often hits you while you’re far away, untethered from your laptop or the web.
If you use Notion, Drafts 2Go is the almost perfect Medium writing app for your Android devices.
Drafts 2Go is your go-to app for capturing and building your story ideas on the go when you’re far from your desktop. Everything you write on this Notion template on your Android device syncs with your desktop Notion app. From the latter, you can copy your work to Medium desktop app, and polish up your work before hitting publish.
Medium Drafts 2.0 Notion template has solved most of the setbacks that have kept me from using Medium’s Android app.
For me, not only has this template helped me to have a running working knowledge of Notion app, it is more than enough reason for using Notion app. Now I regularly use 15 templates on my Notion app.
Since I started using Drafts 2Go, my story ideas, inspiration, and writing productivity have increased appreciably.
No, you can’t publish your stories directly from Drafts 2Go, but with it, writing, editing, and keeping track of your Medium stories is a delightful experience.
Where to get Drafts 2Go
Special thanks to Hudson Rennie who introduced me to his Medium Drafts 2.0 (Notion template). I can share my own slightly modified template, but giving credit to whom credit is due, you can go and get it from Rennie’s page at the end of this story.
Medium 2Go also has two templates, one for drafting your stories and the other for jotting down your story ideas on the go. Plus, you can modify these templates to fit your purposes — writing in consistent formats.
From within the page below, navigate to his Gumroad and duplicate the template to your Notion app. This template is loaded with useful inline hyperlinked guides that summarize all (or most) of what you need for better online writing.
You will also find the link to his YouTube video clip that explains how to use it. My advice, watch the clip on your desktop — a bigger screen.
New writers will find these resources very helpful.
All for free.
Final Word
Drafts 2Go is an efficient alternative to Medium Android writing app.
With it, you can write new stories, capture new story ideas, organize, and keep track of all your Medium writing.
Draft 2Go can help you to learn and master the basics of Notion app.
Drafts 2Go will rekindle your love for on-the-go online writing again.
Now, go and get your copy of Medium Drafts 2.0. Free.
Thanks for your reading time.
I don’t have any affiliate or marketing relationship with Hudson Rennie. I only shared it here in the hope you will find Drafts 2Go (Medium Drafts 2.0) and his other resources as helpful as I have.
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