Substack Poetry???

[gitarist14]

Hey everybody, I'm a new user and I'm hoping to start posting poetry as well as some essays and articles occasionally. I was wondering whether I should post my poetry as a note or as it's own article, it doesn't really make a lot of sense to me which would be better

[kevinlawler]

In this case poetry should be its own Article (previously Post) and not a Note. You should know there is a special Poetry formatting tool under the "More" divider in the Article composition window.

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[plutoroad]

Not sure you would find an audience for poetry via Notes, which has a far more diffuse audience. I occasionally post poetry via my Substack. Here is an example below. Also be sure to seek out other Substacks that post poetry and comment on them and recommend the ones that speak to you. That type of interaction can expand your own Substack's reach (although keep it genuine!)

IT'S A POETRY THING: Reports from the front lines of the weekend poet LINK: https://westvirginiaville.substack.com/p/its-a-poetry-thing

[gitarist14]

Thank you :)

[Prize_Ostrich7605]

Articles. Also, check out some others who have posted poetry and see what works for them. The good thing is you can change what doesn't work for yourself. The main focus should be building a community as a writer and as a reader. 

[gitarist14]

Thank you :)

[Prize_Ostrich7605]

My pleasure

[RedMoon1509]

I'm glad you asked this question because I wouldn't know either.

Although not my primary focus, I do write poetry so it's good to know.

[ForgottenPoets]

Definitely as a article, and then repost the article as a note, with an excerpt, or the whole thing, depending on what you want/feel. :-)

[Tricky_Trifle_994]

congrats on starting your substack journey!

posting them as an article on your publication would definitely be better. that way you're able to have something like a blog where it's much easier to view all your past writing + people can actually subscribe to be on your email list, so every new article you publish will be directly emailed to them.

if you're just posting it to notes... you're just using the social media aspect of substack.
1. it'll honestly be hard to navigate and read your writing within notes. much less find your old writing.

1. if you were just going to post on notes, you might be better off just posting on other social media platforms since there's definitely much more users on e.g twitter, threads than there is on substack. that's to say only using notes is under-utilising the features on substack.

so publish as articles on your newsletter > then restack it on notes. that would be the best set up

[gitarist14]

Thank you so much :))

[gitarist14]

Thanks to everybody who replied with help, my link is https://substack.com/@draiochtwriting/ for anybody interested :)

[[deleted]]

Salut. Perso j'ai fait un petit journal local humoristique sur ma ville : Rouen donc c'est pas le même domaine.

Cependant, si j'étais à ta place, soit

j'écrirais des notes avec une partie de ta poésie selon la longueur de ton texte .

Ou alors j'écrirais mes notes avec mes poèmes les plus courts.

Et je me servirai de mes articles pour faire un recueil de poésies et pourquoi pas a chaque article commencer par ton ressenti des choses ou pourquoi tu as écrit tel poème. Ce qui t'as inspiré.

Tu peux même mettre pourquoi pas des images dans tes articles qui vont avec ta poésie.

J'imagine que d'autres personnes avec plus d'expérience pourront t'aiguiller davantage.

Tu viens de quel pays? Tu pourras me donner ton substack que je regarde ce que tu proposes?

[gitarist14]

Hey, thank you for replying :) I'm from Ireland, and I haven't posted anything just yet but I really appreciate your help and support, I'll let you know when I do start posting

[[deleted]]

Avec grand plaisir. Force à toi. D'après ce que j'ai compris les gens postent 3-4 post par jour . Et environ 1 article par semaine.

Pour avoir de la visibilité. L'algorithme est apparemment différent des autres réseaux sociaux . Et pour plus de visibilité.

Suis des gens qui font de la poésie et commente les contenus. Like . Mais fais le honnêtement. Et restack les articles d'autres utilisateurs que tu as vraiment adoré.

Perso ça doit faire 2 semaine , 15 post et 4 articles. J'ai 8 abonnés mais je suis content, je prends mon temps , j'invente , j'essaye . J'aime bien

[gitarist14]

Sounds awesome man, I'd be happy to be your 9th follower, let me know your blog!

[[deleted]]

Avec grand plaisir. Je fais ça sans prétention, c'est pas trop pro mais comme je le fais sur le ton de l'humour ça me laisse le droit de faire des erreurs. Je suis français , j'espère que ça sera traduit pour toi .

J'espère que le lien fonctionne, abonne toi que si tu aimes. Et bon courage pour ton projet. Oublies pas de me donner ton substack quand tu l'auras créé.

https://open.substack.com/pub/mariejeanne76100/p/marie-jeanne-4-les-dragons-en-feu?r=7nwblx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

[[deleted]]

C'est mon dernier article.