✍️ New Year’s Gift 🎁: ClassStack is Now Free for All Writers

The ClassStack library is officially open: learn freelancing, pitching, portfolios, and ghostwriting for free.

💛 Happy New Year,

As we step into 2026, we kept coming back to the same thought: we want everyone in this community to have the best possible chance to start the year strong — with real information, real strategy, and real examples from writers who are actually doing it.

So here’s our New Year free gift:

All ClassStack replays are now free for anyone to watch.

No paywall. No upgrade required. Just open access to help you make the most of 2026 and gain momentum on your writing career.

Here are some of the topics covered in our classes — now free for all writers!

• how to build the kind of portfolio that actually lands freelance clients

• how writers in our community landed their first ghostwriting jobs (and what they’d do differently)

• how to run discovery calls without feeling weird or salesy

• how to think about Substack growth in a way that doesn’t burn you out

• how to set yourself up for the writing year of your dreams with clear direction and momentum

🎓 Watch the ClassStack Replays Here

✍️ How to Make Writing Your Job in 2026 [REPLAY]

✍️ Substack 101 - How I Grew from $0-$100,000+ in ARR on Substack in 12 Months [REPLAY]

✍️ Break Into Freelance Book Ghostwriting & Editing: A ClassStack Panel for New Freelance Writers [REPLAY]

✍️ How to Sell Without Selling: Discovery Call 101 for Writers [REPLAY]

✍️ Freelancing 101 Class: How to Get Paid to Write for Clients [REPLAY]

✍️ How to Build a Six-Figure Memoir Ghostwriting Career [REPLAY]

✍️ How to Build a Portfolio That Attracts High-Paying Clients [REPLAY]

Are you new to freelance writing? Here’s the order I’d recommend for you: Freelancing 101 (then How to Build a Portfolio). Want higher-paying work? Six-Figure Memoir Ghostwriting.

Been at writing for awhile? Make Writing Your Job in 2026.

💛 Quick Note: This Is a Reader-Supported Publication

These classes are now free because we believe in access — and because this publication is reader-supported.

If you’ve been thinking about upgrading, this is a great moment to do it. Upgrades keep everything running (including the job board), and they directly fund more classes, more resources, and more opportunities for writers to get paid well.

And if you missed it: we just released Our 2025 Rate Transparency Report for Writers, and seasoned professional writers (and beginners!) are getting a lot of their jobs through our writing job board. The results in here are real, and honestly? Our writers are thriving.

We’ve also got incredible stuff coming out this week that we’re genuinely excited to share.

Whether you’re here to land your first client, raise your rates, break into ghostwriting, build a portfolio that actually works, or finally make writing your job in 2026… we’re so happy you’re here.

Let’s make this a big year. 🥂

— The ✍️ Make Writing Your Job Team