The template is a key element in letterpal: it’s where you drag and drop the stories you want to cover in your next newsletter edition.
Once the stories are added to your template, you can confirm the selection and letterpal will include all those news in the newsletter you generate.
Adding a news story to your template
To add a news story to your template, simply drag and drop the story from the list to one of the template sections using left-click (see video below).
How the template works
There are currently 4 sections inside of your newsletter template:
- Intro and Outro are automatically generated based on your news selection and newsletter settings.
- News You Can’t Miss is a section where each news you add will be covered as a single bulletpoint. Think of it as a “quick bits” section.
We recommend adding at least 3 and up to 10 stories in the News You Can’t Miss section.
- Featured Story is a section where the story you add there will be receive a complete, thorough coverage. It’s often paired with automated internet research as well as the choosing of an editorial angle.
You can only add one news story in the Featured Story section.
Please note that though we currently only support this standard newsletter template, we are actively working on ways to customize the template. The feature should arrive within the next few weeks.
Reviewing and Picking an Angle
After clicking “Confirm Selection”, you will be brought to a draft view of your newsletter where you can double check that you selected the news stories you wanted to cover before generating your newsletter.
One option you have for your Featured Story is the ability to choose an editorial angle.
When clicking on ‘Choose Angle’, we will perform extensive research on the topic and suggest 3 angles for you to pick from.
If no angle matches how you want to treat the topic, you can also input your own custom angle.
Note that this is optional. You do not have to pick an angle. If you don’t the story will be treated based purely on facts and/or with a balanced view of the topic.
Generating the newsletter
Are you all set? Click the ‘Generate New Issue’ button and you will start generating your newsletter.
Please note that this step:
- Consumes one of the AI credits in your plan
- May take a couple minutes (don’t close the tab!)