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How good are your Substack Notes?

Get a graded report card on your last 100 Notes, with your best time to post and one thing to fix. About 15 seconds.

What you get

An example with demo data. Yours uses your real Notes.

B+

Demo Writer

@demo

Example

Steady rhythm and real questions, held back by statement Notes that open on advice instead of a scene.

Best time: Tue mornings; Tuesday, Morning (8–11am)
Notes per week: 5.7; 3+ a week in 10 of 13 weeks
Median engagement: 14; per Note
Longest gap: 6 days; between two Notes

Your best Note

“I deleted 40 drafts this morning. Every one of them was a note I was afraid to post. The one I kept took four minutes to write.”

212 31 48View on Substack

What works for you

Notes that ask a question
vs. Notes that make a statement
Median 22 vs 12 · 21 vs 53 Notes
+83%
Short Notes (under 280 characters)
vs. Long Notes (over 280 characters)
Median 17 vs 11 · 46 vs 28 Notes
+55%
Notes without an image
vs. Notes with an image
Median 15 vs 12 · 58 vs 16 Notes
+25%

Your one fix

Open your statement Notes on a moment instead of the lesson. The deleted-drafts Note worked because it started inside a scene; do that three times this week.

The Coach's read

Written by the WriteStack Coach from Notes generation.

Your Notes are consistent and your questions land, but most of your statements read like conclusions without a scene. The Notes that did best open on a specific moment, like the deleted drafts, and the rest open on advice.

What is working

You post nearly every day and your longest gap is six days, so the feed keeps you in front of readers.
R-NOTES-02
Your question Notes get almost double the engagement, and they ask real questions instead of fishing for replies.
R-NOTES-07

What to fix

Open on the moment, not the lesson. "I deleted 40 drafts this morning" worked because it starts inside a scene; try that on your statement Notes.
R-NOTES-04
Your night Notes get under half the engagement of your mornings. Move them, or save the strongest ideas for Tuesday mornings.

How the grade works

The WriteStack Coach grades you. It reads a sample of your Notes against WriteStack's Notes playbooks, weighs craft most, then rhythm, then engagement against your own median, and cites the rule behind each point.
You are graded against your own history, not against other writers. A small writer with a steady rhythm and Notes that follow the playbook can get an A.
The stats are arithmetic, straight from Substack. Engagement per Note is likes + 2× restacks + 2× comments. Nothing is estimated.
Notes younger than 48 hours are still collecting likes, so they count toward your rhythm but not toward engagement comparisons.
Consistency means posting at least 3 Notes a week.
We read only public Notes, only for the URL you pasted, and keep the card for 24 hours so it can be shared.

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