Write a Note

Write a Note in My Notes → New note. The editor saves as you type, and the Note starts as a draft. Nothing reaches Substack until you schedule it or post it.

StepsCopy Anchor Link

1. Go to My Notes and click New note.
2. Write your Note. The line under the editor shows where it is saved, for example "Saved in drafts".
3. When it is finished, click Move to Ready.
4. Schedule it with the When: menu and Add to Queue. See Manage the queue.

You can also press Cmd+S (Mac) or Ctrl+S (Windows) to save.

FormattingCopy Anchor Link

Select text to open the formatting bar.

Other shortcuts in the editor:

The counter in the editor's toolbar shows how many words the Note has.

Line breaksCopy Anchor Link

Each line break is a new paragraph. Pressing Enter starts a new paragraph, and pasted text with single line breaks is split into paragraphs too. This matches how Substack shows Notes, with space between paragraphs.

AI help in your voiceCopy Anchor Link

WriteStack can write and rewrite Notes using your saved writing style. Set your style in Settings → AI Settings. See Writing style. AI actions use credits.

AI Assistant (one Note)Copy Anchor Link

1. Open a Note and click AI Assistant at the top of the editor.
2. Pick an action. It works on the whole Note.

3. Read the result. Click Insert to replace the Note's text with it, or Retry for another version.

TemplatesCopy Anchor Link

Click Templates at the top of the editor to browse Note templates. Open one and click Generate Note to write a Note from it, or copy its guide.

Notes generator (many Notes)Copy Anchor Link

1. In My Notes, click Notes generator.
2. Under Source, pick My articles, My style, Upload or Voice.
3. Pick the number of notes and click Generate N notes.

Generated Notes land in Drafts. Nothing is published.

StatusesCopy Anchor Link

To move a Note back, click Move to Draft in the editor or Move to drafts on the card. Statuses are explained in Notes and the queue.

To change many Notes at once, click Select in Drafts or Ready, pick Notes, then use Batch (Batch schedule or Move to Ready / Move to Drafts) or Delete.

Import Notes from a CSV fileCopy Anchor Link

Use this to bring in Notes you wrote elsewhere.

1. In My Notes, click More actions → Import notes.
2. Click Download CSV Template to get import-template.csv, and fill it in.
3. Drop the file under 2. Upload your CSV file, or click Upload file.
4. Click Review import, check the dates and images, then click Import N Notes.

ColumnsCopy Anchor Link

Headers are not case-sensitive. Commas, semicolons, | and tabs all work as separators. Put a body in double quotes if it contains commas or line breaks.

Dates in schedule_timeCopy Anchor Link

Your account timezone is shown in the dialog. Change it in Settings → Account Information.

Rows with a schedule_time are scheduled. Rows without one become drafts. A time in the past, or more than 3 months ahead, stops the import and the dialog lists the rows to fix.

LimitsCopy Anchor Link

If an image link can't be fetched, the Note is still imported without that image and the dialog lists the affected rows.

Scheduled rows count toward your plan's limit like any other scheduled Note. See Capacity.

Copy a NoteCopy Anchor Link

There is no duplicate button. To reuse a Note's text, open it, click the copy icon ("Copy note to clipboard"), then click New note and paste.

On a phoneCopy Anchor Link

You can write and save Notes on a phone. To schedule one, open WriteStack on a computer. The editor shows: "To schedule the note, open WriteStack on a computer."