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Bex Sinden's avatar

Thank you for sharing your experiences! Fostering community does seem to be vital in expanding creative growth. I’m looking forward to hearing about future Substack programs.

Rosie Hamer (HRH) 🌐👌's avatar

Bex Sinden, I am positive that this is just the beginning. Surely, we will see more to come here at Substack.

Substack is just a wonderful space.

HRH

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Michelle McAfee's avatar

Thank you for sharing this! It's incredibly inspiring to read about the fellowship experiences. It really shed light on the value of community energy creating a strong foundation for growth and a safe place to experiment with new ideas. So cool!

Linda's avatar

What a lovely summary, congratulations and gratitude to the Grow Fellows

Chevanne Scordinsky's avatar

Congrats to all the fellows! It’s nice to hear how fulfilling the experience has been for these writers and I hope to see more programs like this.

Dan Masoliver's avatar

Really useful post - so great to read everyone’s insights and different takes on their Substack experience. What David Adeleke said - about feeling like you’re “walking a path no one else had done before me” really resonated with me. It’s definitely inspired me to seek out or create a community of fellow writers to share learnings and ideas. Thanks!

Elle Griffin's avatar

That was such a valuable experience. Thank you so much for investing in us!

Nishant Jain's avatar

Thank you for this wonderful experience. 😊

Animation Obsessive Staff's avatar

Thank you for this amazing experience!

Chelsey Flood's avatar

V inspiring to read this. Thanks Substack for making an exciting place for writers : )

Rosie Hamer (HRH) 🌐👌's avatar

❤️🌏🌱👌Excellent takeaways. Thank you and congratulations to the 11 writers…

Congratulations to Substack for they have gained an incredible and valuable asset…

Artistically, well done. HRH ❤️

Karen Constable's avatar

Substacks programs are really inspiring and they are one of the reasons I committed to this platform. It's so great to hear how beneficial this one was for its participants. Can't wait to hear about the next one.

Eleanor Carey's avatar

Really loved reading everyone’s takeaways, and learning that Substack has these sorts of programs! 🙌

polistra's avatar

It took me a while to realize what Substack is doing. It's not primarily a service for readers, it's primarily offering on-the-job training for writers.

Substack is trying to solve the problem that Batya has been shouting about. In previous decades writers started writing early. They didn't waste 10 years in high school and college absorbing useless information, they just started working at newspapers when they were 14, and gradually moved up from printers devil or copyboy to editor.

The math is simple when you pry out all the conventional assumptions. A worker who starts at 14 has a 10-year head start on a worker who starts at 24.

Congrats to Substack for helping to solve a real problem. Learning by doing is the ONLY way to learn.

Darel L. Long's avatar

I submitted a ticket for assistance this past Friday I've not received assistance. I also tweeted and no one from Substack has responded.

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Darel L. Long's avatar

Thanks for the reply. Thus far it's been five days and still waiting. Has your company considered paying its own writers to augment customer service? Another suggestion provide a paid customer service fee for those seeking help via the phone or urgent help and also keep your ticket system free for those who aren't in urgent needs.