Cheers to the software developers, the life hackers, the life learners, and just about all the people who document their expertise with HackerNoon! You’re what makes us tick, and we’ve spent the better part of a year on this - and are thrilled to share . YOUR NEW WRITER DASHBOARD That’s why our incredible team’s been in the lab. Let us walk you through this new beautiful dashboard so you can get the most out of your experience! Get Started Writing The most important part of the writer dashboard is straightforward, it’s getting started writing! And that’s as easy as ever. Wherever you go on HackerNoon, there will be a big inviting button that lets you create a new draft. Click it, choose which editor you want to use, and let your words flow. The Writer’s Top Nav Right below the website-wide top nav, you will see the writer’s top nav where there are four essential features: : This will let you see all your published and submitted drafts. Drafts : View your published stories in all their glory. Published Stories : Check out all of the (I’m sure) wonderful comments left on your stories. Comments : Submitted a draft? Keep track of its status here. Track Submissions Statistics, Notes, and Writing Contests As you go further down the dashboard, you will come face-to-face with even more incredible features. Let’s go through them. On the left side, but haven’t yet submitted will be shown. drafts that you started In the middle, click the “ ” button to see how your articles are doing. Check Your Stats Right below that, you can see . Did you know that there’s That’s why it’s important to routinely check your dashboard. all of the writing contests that HackerNoon is offering money to be won?? On the right side, you will see . An editor will leave you a note if something has come up with your article, or maybe they just want to compliment your nice writing :) editor notes Be Proud of Your Progress! There’s no greater feeling than knowing people enjoy and read your content. That’s why we’ll routinely send you e-mails letting you know when you hit certain milestones! Because nothing motivates people more than seeing how far they’ve come. That’s why this big green feature is perfect. This is your writing progress. It shows how many stories you’ve published, how much time people have spent reading your stories, and how many words you have written. But this is a general overview. To know the stats of individual articles, click on the “Check Your Stats” button that we discussed earlier. In a Writing Slump? These Story Templates Will Help After your writing progress, scroll down to see three different categories. The one on the far left will show your published stories. The one in the middle will show . Click on one of them, and it will immediately create a draft with all of the questions loaded in. different writing prompts Want to share your experience as a ? Have an interesting to tell? Do you have a that you are particularly proud of? Use these prompts to create an article about these topics. woman in tech Web3 story software performance story On the right side are different resources to help you on your HackerNoon journey. Everything from writing headlines to getting published is covered. If you’ve never written for HackerNoon, this section has everything you need to know to get started. Check Out Your Fellow Writers! One of the most important aspects of being a writer isn’t writing at all; it’s reading. That’s why we’ve included a section in the writer’s dashboard where you can read the great articles of the HackerNoon community. It’s a never-ending list of articles we think you’ll love; there’s always something to read. With this new and improved writer’s dashboard, we hope it’s given you the motivation to write your next great article!

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