The Substack Workstation

You know what you want to say.
This helps you get it out.
A structured creative practice for Substack writers. It learns your voice, gives you a form for every kind of Note, and helps you show up consistently — without losing the thing that made people subscribe in the first place.
"I know I should be writing Notes. I just never know where to start."
This is where you start.
Built for Substack writers
15 min
Seven Notes. Done.
Go live your life.
✓ Morning Reflection
✓ Value Note
✓ One-Liner
✓ How-To
✓ Back Story
✓ Project Update
✓ Plot Your Journey
What is it

A creative practice for your Notes

Seven creative forms, each designed for a different kind of thinking. You open the Workstation, choose a form, bring a seed thought from your day — and it helps you shape it into a Note that sounds like you. Your voice, your ideas, surfaced and structured in minutes instead of hours.

How it works
Click through to see what happens inside the Workstation.
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You got into Substack
to write.

Not to post.
Not to grow.
To write.
The blank page

Somewhere between the essay and the Note, it got complicated

You have things to say. Ideas worth sharing. But the essays come naturally — and the Notes don't. You sit down, stare at the screen, wonder what to write, how to start, whether it's any good. Before you know it, the morning's gone and you've published nothing. So you quietly let it slide. Again.

Seven creative forms
Morning Reflection
Value Note
One-Liner
How-To
Back Story
Project Update
Plot Your Journey
The practice

Seven forms. One for every kind of thinking.

Each form has a purpose. Morning Reflection surfaces what's on your mind before the noise starts. Value Note shares something useful. One-Liner is punchy and shareable. How-To teaches. Back Story connects. Project Update builds in public. Plot Your Journey closes the day with something personal. You never have to decide what to write. Just sit down, choose, and begin.

Voice Profile
YOUR VOICE
WRITING STYLE
THEMES YOU RETURN TO
HOW YOUR SENTENCES MOVE
A SAMPLE OF YOUR WRITING
Your voice

It learns how you write

Before anything else, you tell the Workstation who you are. Your writing style, your themes, how your sentences tend to move, a sample of your real writing. It takes five minutes — and from that point on, everything it helps you shape sounds like you. Not like a template. Not like someone else's voice. Like you, on a clear-headed morning.

Substack Workstation
Morning Reflection
Value Note
One-Liner
How-To
YOUR NOTE — IN YOUR VOICE
Write
Try Another
Refine
The work

You sit down. You begin.

Choose a form. Bring a seed thought — something from your morning, your week, your last essay. The Workstation helps you shape it into a Note in your voice, ready to publish. Not quite right? Try another take, or refine it with your own direction. The thinking is yours. The blank page is no longer the problem.

Refining...
FIRST DRAFT
YOUR DIRECTION
"Make it more vulnerable. End with a question."
REFINED
Your direction

Steer it with your words

This isn't a black box. When a draft is close but not quite there, you tell it what to change — in plain language. "Make the opening punchier." "Less advice, more story." "Add a line about my podcast." It adjusts. You stay in control. The tool does the shaping. You hold the creative direction.

The Full Workstation

Everything above is included in Notes Only. But if you want the complete practice — essay editing, pre- and post-CTAs, long-form to short, and a publishing rhythm — there's the Full Workstation.

Full Workstation
Notes
Essay
CTAs
Rhythm
ESSAY COMPANION
Before CTA
After CTA
The full practice

Everything around the essay, handled

Paste your draft into the Essay Companion for a thoughtful second read. Lock the essay and the Workstation shapes two Notes: one to build anticipation the day before, one to draw readers back the day after. Turn a single essay into five standalone Notes — each pulling a different insight. See everything in one clean weekly view. The essay is the centre. Everything else orbits it.

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Start where you are.
You already have the ideas.
This gives you the room.
Full Workstation — €99
Notes Only — €49
Come in

Choose what fits, and begin

Notes Only gives you the full Notes practice: seven creative forms, voice matching, refinement, and favourites. One payment, yours forever. The Full Workstation adds the Essay Companion, Before & After CTAs, Long-form to Short, and the Publishing Rhythm — the complete creative practice for your Substack. Both tiers include every future update.

Simple pricing
One payment. Yours forever. Every future update included.

Notes Only

The full Notes practice — seven creative forms, voice matching, refinement, and favourites. Everything you need to show up consistently.
€49
One-time purchase · Lifetime access
  • All 7 Notes practices
  • Voice-matched to your writing
  • Refinement and variations
  • Save and revisit favourites
  • Essay Companion
  • Before & After CTAs
  • Long-form to Short
  • Publishing Rhythm

Full Workstation

The complete creative practice. Notes, essays, CTAs, and a publishing rhythm — everything your Substack needs, in one room.
€99
One-time purchase · Lifetime access
  • All 7 Notes practices
  • Voice-matched to your writing
  • Refinement and variations
  • Save and revisit favourites
  • Essay Companion
  • Before & After CTAs
  • Long-form to Short
  • Publishing Rhythm

Not sure yet?

Try three Notes practices for free. Just your email — nothing else.

Who is this for?
"Be so good they can't ignore you." — Steve Martin

You cannot do that if you're spending half your time staring at a blank Notes field. The Substack Workstation gives you a creative practice — so you can get your time back for the work that actually matters.

I built this for creatives who are serious about growing a readership and are ready to treat their Substack like the craft it is. The price reflects that — this is a considered tool for considered writers.

It's for:
It's not for:

The reality is that Substack rewards consistency. Writers who show up between essays — with Notes, with presence, with their voice — are the ones whose readership grows. The Workstation is the practice that makes that possible without burning out.

The honest bit

The Workstation uses a writing engine made by Anthropic (the company behind Claude). Here's exactly how that works — no surprises, no hidden costs.
1
Create a free account at Anthropic

Go to console.anthropic.com, sign up, and add a payment card. Takes about two minutes. This is the company whose technology powers the writing engine inside the Workstation.

2
Copy a key and paste it into the Workstation

Anthropic gives you a secret key (like a password). You paste it into the Workstation once. That's it — the Workstation connects, and you never have to think about it again.

3
Each Note costs about two cents to shape

You pay Anthropic directly for what you use — not us. Each time you work on a Note, it costs roughly €0.02. Even if you shape all seven Notes every single day, and refine each one twice, you'd spend around €3–4 per month. Most people spend less than €1.

4
You set a spending limit — so there are never any surprises

On the Anthropic site, you can set a monthly cap. Hit it and things pause — no surprise charges, no overdrafts. You are always in control of what you spend.

This is not a subscription. You buy the Workstation once, and the only running cost is the tiny per-use fee you pay directly to Anthropic. Think of it like buying a coffee machine — you own it, and the beans are the only ongoing cost.

Compare plans
Both tiers give you the full Notes practice. The Full Workstation adds the essay suite.
Feature Notes Only
€49		 Full
€99
7 Notes practices✓✓
Voice matching✓✓
Refinement and variations✓✓
Save and revisit favourites✓✓
Essay Companion—✓
Before & After CTAs—✓
Long-form to Short—✓
Publishing Rhythm—✓
PaymentOne-timeOne-time
Questions
The Workstation uses a writing engine made by a company called Anthropic. Think of it like this: the Workstation is the kitchen, and Anthropic provides the ingredients. You create a free account on their site, paste a key into the Workstation, and you're connected. Each time you work on a Note, it costs about two cents — paid directly to them, not to us. You can cap your spending so there are never surprises.
No. You buy the Workstation once, and it's yours. The only running cost is the tiny per-use fee you pay to Anthropic for each Note you shape (about €0.02 each). Even heavy daily use costs around €3–4 per month. Most writers spend less than €1. You can set a hard spending cap so you're always in control.
Yes. Start with Notes Only, and if you want the essay suite later, upgrade to the Full Workstation. You only pay the difference. Your voice profile, saved Notes, and everything you've built carries forward.
When you first set up the Workstation, you fill in a short voice profile — your writing style, your themes, how your sentences tend to move, and a sample of your actual writing. It takes about five minutes. From then on, everything the Workstation helps you shape sounds like you. The more you put in, the more natural the result.
No. The entire Workstation runs in your browser. Your key, your voice profile, your saved Notes — all stored locally on your device. Nothing goes through our servers. Your writing goes directly from your browser to Anthropic and back.
Yes. The Workstation doesn't connect to your Substack account. You work inside it and copy the Notes out when you're ready. It works with any Substack, any niche, any subscriber count. Your voice stays yours.
Fourteen-day refund, no questions. Email me and I'll sort it the same day.
Yes. LinkedIn, YouTube, X, and Instagram Workstations are in development. When they launch, they'll be available separately. But right now, the Substack Workstation is built for one thing — helping you show up consistently on Substack — and it's built to be excellent at that.