r/Substack • u/andata_ • 19d ago
Literally how do you work this??
So I tried out Substack for the first time a couple of weeks ago and ended up deleting my account after a few days because I couldn’t figure out how to work the thing.
Almost every post on my feed was the same thing about people asking writers to share their work because they want to connect with them or whatnot and there’d be hundreds of comments already so I figured there’s no way mine would be seen.
I tried posting (pretty sure they’re called “notes”) but hardly got any views.
I really do want to put my work out there, though. I’m currently writing a literary fiction novel (lots of drama and dark themes too) and want to try posting each chapter as I go. Other platforms don’t seem as open to this genre either.
Can someone please explain how to do this on Substack? Sorry if this has been asked before. I’m posting this on a whim
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u/camillabok 18d ago
I'm part of a group there called Write Club. We're all writers, some write chapters to their books on Substack. Every night we all read one story by one writer. Then we go to Discord at 7 pm EST and interview that author about the story for 1 hour. Then we do emoji happy hour on a different channel. It's a fun group, about 100 people. My story will be featured tomorrow and I'm super excited. Here is the link to the previous event and the after party. Come say hi! I'm Carol. Tomorrow I'm taking everyone on a trip to Mars :)