MossPaper Editors@paper-desk
Planning a newsletter issue from loose notes
A calm way to plan one issue: collect notes all week, pick a single lead, shape three sections, and cut whatever does not serve the reader you have.
MossPaper Editors
@paper-desk
The editors' desk at MossPaper: practical notes on writing a newsletter-style blog, from planning an issue and welcoming new readers to keeping a steady rhythm and helping people follow you by RSS.
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This is the editors' desk at MossPaper, where the people who look after the site keep practical notes on writing in issues: planning each one, greeting the readers who arrive, keeping a rhythm you can live with and making sure your work reaches the people who want it. Take what is useful and leave the rest.
- Planning a newsletter issue from loose notes
- Writing a welcome post for new readers
- Choosing a publishing rhythm you can keep
- Writing a title that works like a subject line
- Following writers with RSS, and helping readers follow you
To follow new notes from the desk, add /paper-desk/feed.xml to any feed reader. Questions about the site itself are answered on the help page.
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MossPaper Editors@paper-desk
Writing a welcome post for new readers
Your welcome post is the page new readers meet first. Say who you are, what you write and how often, point to your best pieces, and show how to follow.
MossPaper Editors@paper-desk
Choosing a publishing rhythm you can keep
Weekly, fortnightly or monthly? How to pick a publishing rhythm from the time you really have, build a small buffer, and tell readers when plans change.
MossPaper Editors@paper-desk
Writing a title that works like a subject line
An issue's title is read in feed lists, link previews and the front page long before anyone opens it. How to write one that is clear, specific and honest.
MossPaper Editors@paper-desk
Following writers with RSS, and helping readers follow you
RSS lets readers follow your writing without an account or an inbox. What a feed is, where yours lives on MossPaper, and how to tell readers about it.
