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Start Here Guide for Paid Members of The Editing Spectrum
The Editing Spectrum’s paid membership equips you to bring your voice into the world right away. Using the resources below, you’ll be able to make wise, strategic and creative decisions for launching your newsletter.
✍️ Reflect On Your Newsletter Niche & Purpose — Download a copy of Speak From The Ground You Stand On in the Digital Resource Library. A series of writing prompts, you’ll be invited to thoughtfully workshop your newsletter concept for longevity and audience connection.
📝 Start Working Through the Substack Editorial Branding Guide – These are the 21 places your words matter most on Substack with my step by step editorial guidance. Substack Editorial Branding Checklist.
📋 Work Through My First Impressions Checklist –
Use this framework to think through and polish your readers’ first impressions.
📧 This article will sharpen your welcome email and help you connect with readers.
Use these 4 editorial building blocks for crafting a dynamic About page.
📰 Build Your Publishing & Creative Tools – Start learning how to publish a newsletter:
The 8 publishing principles to help you move from a blogger to publisher mindset.
Use my red, yellow, green method, designed to show you how to publish with readers in mind.
My Writing Plan Tools Workshop (included in the Digital Resources Library) walks you through my own low-tech calendaring tools (templates included!) to help you start publishing right away.
📊 Use Substack Reader Insights To Inform Your Newsletter Launch – Take my data-driven launch insights to help you make informed choices inside your own newsletter.
📣 When You Feel Stuck, Bring Your Questions To the Newsletter Check-In (Open 24/7)
As you explore The Editing Spectrum archives and start shaping your newsletter, you’ll likely have questions — about monetization, audience growth, creative direction and what it really takes to sustain a newsletter over time.
The Newsletter Check-In is a comment thread space to ask those questions. It’s a community-driven forum experiment! A place where paid members can check in with each other, share what’s on their minds and talk through challenges as they bring their work into the world.
👉 Visit The Newsletter Check-In to see what we’re exploring today
Not yet a member? We’d love to welcome you to The Editing Spectrum and help you bring your writing into the world. Learn more about our memberships here.