How to write an X Article

You write an X Article by picking one subject that wants a title and a reading view, then drafting it in X's Article composer if your account can publish Articles. It is not a thread split into headings, and it is not a long post in the feed. Confirm the Premium requirement on current Help before you start.

What makes a good subject for an X Article?

An X Article fits a subject that wants a title and a reading view, not a chain of posts in the feed. Pick one idea you can finish in one sitting and that still makes sense later as a page. Do not restate a changelog beat by beat. Format choice belongs on the compare page, not here.

A useful test: if the work needs a headline, a short dek, and room to finish one promise, it is an Article subject. If each step should stand alone in the feed, write a thread instead. Write an X thread covers that shape. If you draft threads from Claude Code, How to post an X thread from Claude Code is the live path.

When you should write an X Article instead of a thread is covered in a separate compare guide. The format choice is not copied here.

Who can publish an X Article?

Who can publish an X Article depends on what current Help says about access, often tied to a Premium feature. Confirm that requirement when you check, and date the quote. If Help will not open, no access rule is assumed. Do not turn this section into a Premium-versus-Premium+ table.

Live help.x.com returned 403 Forbidden on 10 November 2026, America/Los_Angeles, and was not re-read. A 29 October 2026 Wayback Machine snapshot of About X Premium was readable on that same check. Under features available only to the Premium and Premium+ tiers, it says: "Articles is a new way to share long form written content on X. Publishing Articles is a feature limited to Premium subscribers." The same page's Premium+ summary also lists Articles. That snapshot needs a re-read on publish day. Confirm in your own account, or on current Help when it loads, before you start writing.

This guide does not reprint plan prices, and it will not copy third-party claims about which month access widened. A search on 10 November 2026, America/Los_Angeles, treated OpenTweet, How to Write an X Article: Format and Publish Long-Form (2026) as the current number-one result for this query. OpenTweet already covers format and publish steps. This page stays on the writing sequence and will not copy that wording.

How do you open the Article composer and publish?

Open X's Article composer from the path current Help or the in-app UI shows when you check, draft the titled piece there, then publish with the control that composer offers. Date those UI labels when you open the composer. No hidden menus are assumed, and native Article scheduling is not imported from the sibling answer.

This page did not run a logged-in check of the Article composer on 10 November 2026, America/Los_Angeles. A dedicated Articles Help URL was not re-read, because live Help returned 403. Third-party walkthroughs report an Articles area in the side navigation, a Write control, and a Publish control. Treat those labels as secondhand until you see them yourself. Open x.com on an account that can publish Articles and use the controls that appear.

Native Article scheduling belongs on a separate planned answer. This how-to stops at publishing with the composer control you have.

What should a founder put in the title, dek, and first screen?

Write a title that names the subject, a dek that finishes the promise, and a first screen that still makes sense if someone never scrolls. Keep one idea in view. Use a public founder Article as an example only if it is verified and is not the reserved example on the format-compare page.

On 23 October 2026, 11:59 PM PT (America/Los_Angeles), cayden ;) (@dimech_cayden) published a regular post pointing to an Article he had just written:

The Article itself is titled "How to Join the X Android Alpha (and Get New Features Before Everyone Else)." Its opening, checked on 10 November 2026, America/Los_Angeles, starts:

This excerpt is the title and opening, not the whole piece. The titled reading view fits because the subject is one guide (how to join, what to expect, how to leave) rather than a chain of standalone tweets. His later how-to claims are his. The format point is the title and the first screen, which already name the job.

On 18 October 2026, 12:25 PM PT (America/Los_Angeles), Alfonso Fortunato (@devopsfortunato) published an Article comparing four ways to serve the same model on one machine:

This excerpt is the title and opening, not the whole piece. The titled reading view fits because the subject is one comparison (four serving recipes on one box), rather than a chain of standalone tweets. His later benchmark claims are his. The format point is the title and the first screen, which already name the job.

What should you not try to do inside an Article?

Do not treat an Article as a tweet storm with headings glued on, and do not stuff it with a thread's worth of unfinished asides. Do not reuse the reserved jacob Article example from the format-compare page. Numeric character caps belong on the live character-limits answer, not here.

Do not pick an Article because a compare page, or a scheduler blog, said it would travel. Pick it because the work wants a title and a reading view. Do not reprint OpenTweet's character-count claims, and do not import a thread-versus-Article contest from the planned compare page.

Evenpost is an app for X (Twitter) for solo founders. You and your agent draft, you approve each post in the Evenpost app, and it posts with natural spacing, or right away if you choose Post now. Updates: @evenpost.

If you are still choosing between an Article and a thread, wait for the compare page, or start from Write an X thread if the work is a chain of standalone points. Confirm eligibility on current Help before you start writing in the composer.

Re-read this page when Article access requirements or the Article composer change, or when Article Help updates title, dek, or publish steps. Help.x.com returned 403 on 10 November 2026, America/Los_Angeles, so every Help quote above needs a re-read on publish day.

FAQ

Do I need X Premium to write an Article?

The 29 October 2026 About X Premium snapshot says publishing Articles is limited to Premium subscribers, and it lists Articles under features for the Premium and Premium+ tiers. Live Help returned 403 on 10 November 2026, so re-check current Help, or your own account, before you draft one. This page prints no prices.

How is an Article different from a long post?

An Article is a titled reading view. A long post is still one continuous post in the feed. The full format-choice page is not copied here. If you are still picking a shape, that compare question is owned elsewhere.

Can I include images or code in an Article?

This page did not re-read a dedicated Articles composer Help page, because live Help returned 403 on 10 November 2026. Confirm in the composer on your account what blocks it accepts. This guide does not invent a media list or a code-block rule from vendor blogs.

Can I schedule an Article after I write it?

Native Article scheduling belongs on a separate planned answer. This how-to stops at publishing with the composer control you have. Do not treat a third-party scheduler walkthrough as X's own composer.

Where do I compare Articles and threads?

That format-choice question belongs on the planned compare page, which should not be linked until it ships. For thread craft that is live today, use Write an X thread or How to post an X thread from Claude Code.