Feeling Uninspired on Substack Notes? Try These Prompts

A list of prompts for you to use to write your next Substack Note…

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• Introduce yourself but be real.

(Some people are kind of creepy when they do this. It takes a soft touch. Imagine you just walked into a room full of people you don’t know.)

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• Use white space to slow scrolling readers down (think like a poet).

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• Thoughtfully explain something to us without being pedantic.

(And bold what you want us to pay attention to!)

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• Take a photo of text you want us to read.

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• Share your life trajectory that led you to Substack.

This one’s on the verge of becoming a cliche so hop to it.

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• Post a stunning photo that needs no explanation. 

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• Genuinely crowdsource (ask for people’s knowledge/opinion) for your next post.

Start with, Hey, I’m writing a post about ______ and need to know _____. [Ask your question.]

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• Write a quote or thought that means a lot to you on a sticky note or piece of paper, take a photo, post the photo.

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• Share your latest Substack milestone. If you hate milestone posts, lightly poke at milestone posts.

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• Share a photo of your workspace and why it’s amazing but also not as great as it could be.

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• Post a photo on Notes that doesn’t seem like it should be on Notes. 

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• Also, trees and nature.

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• Mark milestones (but easy on the subscriber numbers), even if they’re supposedly small, i.e., you’ve been on here 12 hours.

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• Be timely.

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• Share something you’ve accomplished late in life.

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• Admit to not being able to find your people and try to find them.

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• Wonder about something in a humorous/absurdist way.

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• A social media classic: before and after

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• Share your “flaws” that aren’t flaws.

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• Let us in on a project/quest you’re starting or have been doing.

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• Post a song and let us know how it appeared in your life.

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• If you draw, post your drawings/art.

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• Share your content calendar (or part of it) as a “coming soon.”

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• What do you need to hear today? What encouragement do you need? Tell us/encourage us with it on Notes.

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• Report on your Substack experience thus far. 

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• Pet pictures, pet pictures, pet pictures. 

Sweets, after being awake for a full 15 minutes, lies down exhausted and falls asleep.

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• Share the funniest thing you saw, witnessed, or experienced this week. 

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• Share something sad that (oddly) made you feel happy.

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• Ask for help but only with something you really need help with.

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• Share something positive Substack has given you.

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• What’s one thing you’ve learned about yourself since being on Substack—good or bad?

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• Sunsets, sunrises—works every time.

Yup, people can't resist a good scenic shot.

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• TEXT ONLY—use bullets and bolding

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• PHOTO—a space in your house that means a lot to you with one sentence to illuminate it.

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If you have ideas for Notes prompts, share them below!