The Caffeinated Writer: a Substack newsletter for writers

Are you looking for great Substacks for writers to help you learn the craft of writing and get inspired? The Caffeinated Writer has been providing advice, resources, and inspiration for novelists, memoirists, essayists, and short story writers since 2005. My newly redesigned newsletter makes it easier to find and share articles to improve your writing life. When you subscribe to The Caffeinated Writer on Substack, you’ll get writing prompts, essays on writing craft, and more inspiration for writers in your inbox.

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Here are a few of my most popular posts for writers on Substack:

• The Joy of Writing Slowly: Why Anything Worth Writing Takes Time
• The Strange Art of Inspiration: Finding Stories Where You Least Expect Them
• How to Start Writing Your Novel (a 6-part series)
• Embracing the Bad Writing Days

By the way, you’ll still find an archive of helpful posts here on this website, including First Draft: How to Write When You Don’t Feel Inspired.

Why Substack?

I’ve been writing here on The Caffeinated Writer for many years, but my method of sending out posts was fairly random. I’ve long been a fan of WordPress and have been using it for twenty years. While WordPress was a game-changer in the early 2000s, suddenly removing the hassle of HTML, it has never made sharing particularly easy. Over the years, most of my new readers have come from Google searches and from my Medium posts. I started using Substack about a year ago, because I thought it would be nice to create an easy way for writers who are interested in my articles to find and follow my articles. It’s also easier for me to keep in touch and read your comments.

I’ve been so impressed with the platform that I started a class, Writing for Substack, to walk you through the process of setting up your newsletter, writing meaningful posts, and connecting with readers. You can sign up here.