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Welcome to the only expert guide to Substack!

I will save you from wasting years failing around on Substack, not understanding the platform, following bad advice, feeling frustrated or overwhelmed, and not seeing real growth.

Substack Writers at Work is where you learn from an expert.

All the information you receive is based on the advice Substack gave me. This is where you

• get subscribers,

• earn an income,

• build a loyal subscriber base, and

• produce writing that readers (and perhaps agents and editors) really want to read and keep reading.

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1) Get the discounted $80 annual subscription (just ~$7/month) and receive

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• Monthly insider workshops to build a loyal readership and earn income (replays always available)

• Support from Substack writers and headline help in the exclusive chat

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• Everything in the paid membership ($80 value)

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About me

All the guidance you receive is based on the advice Substack gave me. In a nutshell, I’m the creator of two bestselling Substack publications, a Substack Product Lab member, a Substack private consultant, an award-winning HarperCollins author, a former advisory editor at The Paris Review, a freelance writer for The New York Times, etc., a member of the creative writing faculty at Northwestern University.

I hold many degrees: M.F.A., M.A., Ph.D. My debut memoir Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses (HarperCollins) was an Apple Best Books pick and hailed in The New York Times. Visit my author Substack for the serialized sequel, Cured and Less and Less of More and More. Based in Chicago, I live with my two beloved cats, Sweets and Baby Theo. More than anything, I want a t-shirt that says, Ask me about my cats. (All typos are Baby Theo’s fault.)

Writers at Work is named in honor of The Paris Review interviews I conducted for over a decade, gleaning insights from master writers like Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson, Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe, and others.

Let’s do this.

Sarah

p.s. The fastest way to get subscribers and earn an income is 1-to-1 personalized guidance. No silly marketing tricks. Just your Substack and my guidance. My clients get results—doubling/tripling subscribers, boosting revenue, and attaining Featured Substack status.

I subsidize paid subscriptions for writers on a fixed income. If this is you, email me: mssarahfay1516@gmail.com.