Writing Challenge: September 2025
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The August Writing Challenge is OVER!
Congrats to all participants who completed the Challenge!!!
We made it!!!
Now letâs announce the winners!
WINNERS AWARDS
Again, I want to personally congratulate all of the members who take their growth seriously and stayed active this month, posting consistently, paving their path to success, even though growth slowed down lately.
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Now, I know there are many others whoâre also active writing consistently but donât check into the Accountability tracker, and thatâs ok. Just know that I need to see you there, so that I can select you for a Spotlight Session (even if you already had one before ;))
Ok, so the winner isâŚ.
Winner from last month Writing Challenge:
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Jessy is one of the consistently active VIP members in the Unplugged community, and so now Iâm happy to finally welcome her to the next spotlight session! She is writing about creativity (one of my favorite topics by the way) and I canât wait to talk to her about that (and her viral Notes lately ;)!
Congrats, Jessi!!! Looking forward to our spotlight session!
Award:
â A spotlight session to talk about your Substack. To give you and your Substack more exposure, I will share this session:
all subscribers
my BiTES atomic newsletter
my other social media accounts
â Watch all previous spotlight sessions here.
Why a Writing Challenge?
I start seeing more posts getting viral, or getting distributed by the algorithm outside if your audience. I also just recently got my first viral post.
So now, when Substack feels slow, posts are REALLY good source of growth.
Itâs clear: posts do get you new subscribers. And sales.
But it might be challenging to stay consistent. Thatâs why this challenge exists.
Within Unplugged, you have everything you need to grow your Substack:
the monthly Notes30 Challenge where you grow your subscribers,
the weekly Write2Sell column where you learn how to convert them to paid and keep them paying,
the ALL NEW Substack Quest designed to bring you to your first (or next) bestseller badge faster andâŚ
the monthly Writing Challenge where you apply the knowledge from the Write2Sell column and the Quest in practice and actually work to grow your paid subscribers, plus: the AI tools you can use to grow easier and faster (read more below).
The Substack Monthly Writing Challenge
What is it?
Itâs a challenge for writing.
But not just writing.
Itâs built to help you convert more subscribers, applying everything from the Write2Sell column and the Quest in practice. Because learning how to do things is nothing if you donât take action.
So, in this challenge, weâll take action.
The Challenge:
PARTICIPANTS:
This challenge is for paid members only!
Paid and V.I.P. members can:
Join the challenge
Share their Note in the weekly thread
Add themselves to the Accountability tracker
No more themes, we simplify. Because simple is better.
So what do you need to do?
Watch the Positioning, the Product and the Content Strategies from the QUEST: to make sure your content matches your audience's needs.
Write for your ideal buyer. Make every post feel like a product. If you solve a problem (i.e. you save time, money or frustrations or all of them), you have a âproductâ. That makes your newsletter a necessity.
Use my custom GPT the CREATIVETECH Writer Pro (free for paid members - use the link below) for outlines. I give my GPT one of my notes and ask it to expand it into a 1000-word article. I then edit and post for free. It works.
Make sure you add links to other posts, so that people keep reading (or start buying if they are paywalled - thatâs what I did)
Add a compelling headline, one that opens a curiosity gap. Use my custom GPT the TITLE Generator (link below) - give it your entire article and it will come up with 10 titles suggestions.
Make sure you have a CTA at the end of your post, selling your product in a non-salesy way. How? Use my brand new custom GPT High Converting CTAs Writer (link below). Just give it the product description and it will generate you 10 non-salesy CTAs that convert. If you donât have products to sell, become my affiliate and earn 30% from each sale. Apply here (I approve everyone).
Stay active in the weekly boost posts:
Share a quote from it on Notes (select some shareable sentence & restack quote)
Share a link to it on the Weekly Writing Challenge Sharing Thread: I will post one every Sunday - it will arrive in your inbox.
And remember to read, like, comment and restack some of the other posts you like. This is how we help each other grow.
Track your consistency: add yourself to the Accountability Tracker. I have a Prize for the most active!
The GOAL?
Real CA$H!!
This strategy works for all types of newsletters:
free newsletter
paid newsletter
fiction or non-fiction
Iâve got you all covered in the Quest.
WINNERS AWARDS:
The most active will be entitled to join me in a spotlight session to talk about their Substack. To give you and your Substack more exposure, I will share this session:
all subscribers
my BiTES atomic newsletter
my other social media accounts
I know a lot of creators are inviting other popular creators who are already successful but I think people also want to know about the people who are just starting. Not just another success story. Real people with real struggles, real challenges, and real growth insights.
Rules:
Iâll do these sessions monthly after the Challenge finishes.
Iâll invite one of the most active participants in the Challenge based on the Accountability Tracker. Rules:
1. must be in the Accountability tracker
2. must have completed the challenge (at least one post every week)
3. you can win the same challenge more than once but in different months
4. you canât win both Writing and Notes challenges in the same month. If you do, Iâll invite the next most active person for a session
Weâll do the session only if youâre willing to. If not, Iâll invite the next most active member until I get a âyesâ. Priority of inviting:
1. most active among the VIP members
2. most active among the annual paid members
3. most active among the monthly paid members
Announcement of the winners: start of next Challenge
When do we do the session: during next month upon your availability
How do we do the session: over Zoom. I ask you questions (we initially agree on the list), you talk :). You can prepare slides if you want to (not a must).
The Challenge includes (download links at the end of this post):
Link to the Accountability Tracker. If you havenât already, add yourself now!
Training materials from the Substack Quest: every month we will evolve and improve.
My 19 Writing Rules for Highly Engaging Writing, which helped me get lots of stories go viral - in the pdf below. This will soon be available in the QUEST as a course.
13 Ideas on How to Use Emotions with Examples of Uncommon, Emotional and Power Words to use in your writing - because emotions are a huge part of great writing - in the pdf below. This will soon be available in the QUEST as a course.
A mini workshop on how to Generate Stunning Midjourney Images without Prompting (This will soon become part of the AI course in the Substack QUEST)
My custom personalized GPT CREATIVETECH Writer PRO trained on my viral stories to write high-quality long-form articles.
My custom GPT TITLE Generator 2.0 trained on 1000+ viral titles on Medium to generate titles that drive clicks.
[NEW] My custom GPT High Converting CTAs Writer trained to turn your product descriptions into non-salesy CTAs you can use in your posts
Dedicated Weekly Writing Challenge Sharing Thread Post. Iâll ask you to share links to your posts, so that it can get even more traction.
All this will arrive in two short presentations (find the link below). Use this knowledge. Adapt the templates and guidelines to your niche and style.
Ready?
Letâs do this!
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