Schedule your first Note

You need a WriteStack account, your Substack connected, and the browser extension installed on a computer. Then you write a Note, click Add to Queue, and check that it synced to Substack.

Before you startCopy Anchor Link

• A computer with a browser the extension supports (Chrome and other Chromium browsers, or Firefox). The extension does not run on a phone. See Install the browser extension.
• You are logged in to Substack in that browser, with the same account you connect to WriteStack.

StepsCopy Anchor Link

1. Sign up at writestack.io and choose a plan. Plan limits are on Plans and limits.
2. Connect your Substack. Follow Connect your Substack.
3. Install the browser extension. Follow Install the browser extension. WriteStack uses it to schedule Notes on Substack for you.
4. Write a Note. Go to My Notes and click New note. Write your Note, or see Draft a Note to have WriteStack draft one in your voice.
5. Add it to the queue. In the note editor, leave When: Next Available selected and click Add to Queue. The button shows the time the Note will take.
   • If you have no weekly posting times yet, Add to Queue asks you to pick a date and time instead. Set up your times on Weekly template.
6. Check it synced. With WriteStack open on your computer, adding to the queue also schedules the Note on Substack through the extension. The editor shows Synced for a scheduled Note that is on Substack.
7. Check the Scheduled notes tab. Go to My Notes → Scheduled notes. If a yellow Sync N scheduled notes to Substack button shows, click it and keep WriteStack open until it finishes. See Sync.

Confirm it postedCopy Anchor Link

After the scheduled time passes:

• The Note appears on your Substack profile.
• In WriteStack, it moves to My Notes → Published notes.

Once it has had time to collect views, its numbers show up in Notes analytics.

If it doesn't workCopy Anchor Link

• The Note didn't post, or the yellow button keeps coming back: read Sync, then Sync errors.
• WriteStack says it can't reach Substack: see Substack connection problems.
• You hit a limit on scheduled Notes: see Capacity.