What's going viral on Notes now?

Updated December 2024

Here’s what’s working really well on Notes right now.

▪️ Treat these as creative writing prompts.

▪️ Notes is just another genre to write in. Have fun with these!

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⚪️ Share what’s coming on your Substack in 2025.

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⚪️ Tell a story.

Make sure there’s a surprise at the end (or at least somewhere).

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⚪️ Quote someone else but make sure it’s a quote that actually means something to you and relates to your Substack.

(No Bartlett’s—and please don’t quote Nietzsche unless you’ve actually read him)

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⚪️ Use a photo in an ironic and delightfully funny way.

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⚪️ Illness. Not sure why but we like to hear about people coming down with illness, battling illness, and recovering from illness.

⚪️ Be funny (please).

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⚪️ FORMATTING: 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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⚪️ Post a stunning photo that needs no explanation. 

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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.

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⚪️ Mark milestones, even if they’re supposedly small, i.e., you’ve been on here 12 hours.

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⚪️ Share something you’ve accomplished late in life or never expected to accomplish.

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⚪️ Try to find your people.

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

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⚪️ If you draw, post your drawings/art.

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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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⚪️ Pet pictures, pet pictures, pet pictures. 

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⚪️ FORMATTING: TEXT ONLY—use bullets and bolding

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If you have ideas for Notes or have a sense for what’s going viral, share below!