Design Your Substack
Structure Workshop

Sections, Tags, and Homepage Layout

If your Substack is starting to feel a little scattered…
you’re not alone.

At a certain point, most writers begin to wonder:

  • Do I need sections?
  • What should I use tags for?
  • Why does my homepage feel disorganized?
  • How do I structure things without creating a mess later?

Nothing is broken —
but it doesn’t feel intentional either.

What this workshop is

This is a guided session you can work through at your own pace to help you design a clear, sustainable structure for your Substack.

This is not a technical tutorial.

It’s a strategy and planning session that helps you step back and make the key decisions behind how your publication is organized — so it feels clear, navigable, and manageable as you continue writing.

What you’ll get

  • Full workshop session (~90 minutes)
  • PDF worksheet to guide your planning
  • A simple framework for structuring your Substack

What you’ll leave with

By the end of this workshop, you’ll have:

  • A written structure map for your Substack
  • A clear tag framework
  • A decision on whether sections make sense for you
  • A homepage layout concept
  • Confidence about how to organize your future posts

What we cover

During the session, we walk through the key decisions that shape how your Substack is organized:

  • Why organization on Substack feels confusing
  • The difference between inbox readers and homepage visitors
  • The roles of sections vs tags
  • How to decide if you actually need sections
  • How to build a clean, sustainable tag system
  • How your homepage layout is shaped by these decisions

Who this is for

This workshop is for writers who:

  • Have already started a Substack
  • Have published several posts
  • Are starting to think about long-term structure
  • Want their publication to feel organized and intentional

This is not for total beginners.
If you’re brand new, it’s best to get comfortable with publishing first.

How to access

Option 1 — Join the Substack Coach Community as a paid subscriber

Access this workshop along with all current and future workshops inside the Substack Coach Community.

Option 2 — One-time purchase ($29)

Get access to this workshop as a standalone session.

After you purchase

You’ll be taken directly to the workshop page where you can:

  • Work through the material at your own pace
  • Watch the full session
  • Download the worksheet

A quick note

This workshop is designed to be worked through alongside the worksheet.

You don’t need to figure everything out at once —
just start with your core structure and refine as you go.

If your Substack has been feeling unclear or a bit disorganized,
this is the point where things can start to feel much more intentional.