# Schedule your first Note (/docs/using/quickstart)

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 start [#before-you-start]

- 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](/docs/using/setup/browser-extension).
- You are logged in to Substack in that browser, with the same account you connect to WriteStack.

## Steps [#steps]

1. **Sign up** at [writestack.io](https://writestack.io) and choose a plan. Plan limits are on [Plans and limits](/docs/account/plans-and-limits).
2. **Connect your Substack.** Follow [Connect your Substack](/docs/using/setup/connect-substack).
3. **Install the browser extension.** Follow [Install the browser extension](/docs/using/setup/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](/docs/using/notes/drafting) 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](/docs/using/schedule/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](/docs/using/concepts/sync).

## Confirm it posted [#confirm-it-posted]

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](/docs/using/analytics/notes-analytics).

## If it doesn't work [#if-it-doesnt-work]

- The Note didn't post, or the yellow button keeps coming back: read [Sync](/docs/using/concepts/sync), then [Sync errors](/docs/using/troubleshooting/sync-errors).
- WriteStack says it can't reach Substack: see [Substack connection problems](/docs/using/troubleshooting/substack-connection).
- You hit a limit on scheduled Notes: see [Capacity](/docs/using/concepts/capacity).