Newsletter website template
A free newsletter website template for a writer, with a line on what you send and when, a subscribe form near the top and cards for your essays, your reading notes and your archive. Change the sample writing to yours, then publish pieces readers can open right on the page.
At the top sits your name, a round photo and a line on what your letter is about, with X, Instagram and LinkedIn underneath, then one sentence on when it arrives. The page is deep navy with warm apricot outlines and a serif for the headings, which reads like a printed page.
What’s on this page
The Sunday letter
A form with the questions you choose, for enquiries, quotes or feedback. Every answer is saved for you in Keepp.
The subscribe form asks for one thing, an email address, which the reader confirms with a code so your list stays clean. Rename it after your letter, as the template does with the Sunday letter, and its shine loops to keep it in view. New subscribers build up in your dashboard, ready to export whenever you send.
On doing less
Up to five photos with a title and a line of text. A card can show your work, an item for sale with a link to buy it, a product you recommend, or a code to copy.
Lead with the essay that best shows what a reader signs up for. Use its title on the card, and the line underneath for the idea in it, like why the best weeks have empty days in them. Give it a button to the full piece wherever you publish it.
Reading notes
Up to five photos with a title and a line of text. A card can show your work, an item for sale with a link to buy it, a product you recommend, or a code to copy.
A reading notes card gives people a reason to come back each month. Use a tall photo of the stack by your bed and change the line to what you are reading now.
Letters archive
Up to five photos with a title and a line of text. A card can show your work, an item for sale with a link to buy it, a product you recommend, or a code to copy.
Point the archive card at the page where every past letter lives, so a new reader can see what they have missed. A line on how many letters there are, or how long you have been writing, helps them trust you will keep going.
Add to it
Three rules for a slower week
A piece of writing, like a guide or a list, that opens to be read in full with its own photos and items.
Publish a piece on the page itself as an article, with an introduction of a few paragraphs and a numbered list if it needs one. Readers open it and read it in full, and it has its own link to share when you mention it in a letter.
The first year, collected
An item you sell, with photos, a price and a buy button. Buyers pay on the page through your own Stripe account.
Once you have a year of letters, collect them as an ebook and sell it as a product. Readers buy it on your page, the money goes to your own Stripe account, and the file reaches them by the delivery link you add to the product.
Liked that? Get one every Sunday
One offer shown as a card, a small button or a pop-up: an email sign-up, a product or booking on the page, a link, or a flyer image.
People who arrive from a shared essay may never scroll back up to the form. A sign-up spotlight can pop up once a visit, after a reader has stayed a while or scrolled halfway down, and their address is kept in your dashboard with the rest.
Questions
What should a writer's website include?
What you write about, a few of your best pieces, a way to subscribe and somewhere to read past work. This template puts the subscribe form near the top and gives you cards for essays, reading notes and an archive.
Can readers subscribe?
Yes. The form in the template takes an email address and checks it with a code. Every address is kept in your dashboard, and you can export the list as a spreadsheet at any time.
Can I publish articles on it?
Yes. Add an article block for each piece, with your text and an optional numbered list. It opens on your page to be read in full and has its own link.
Can I sell my writing?
Yes. Sell an ebook or a collection as a product, paid through your own Stripe account, with a download link the buyer gets once they have paid.
