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title: "Newsletter issue planner"
excerpt: "Predictable cadence without scrambling on send day. Idea bank captures fragments that become issues."
category: "Template"
---

# Newsletter issue planner

Predictable cadence. Three surfaces, one workflow.

## Issues

Use the **Issues** surface. Columns: title, send date, theme, status (planning / drafting / ready / sent).

## Drafts

One section per upcoming issue. The actual writing happens here.

### Issue: [title] · [send date]

Tags: [theme]

Draft below.

## Idea bank

Use the **Idea bank** surface. Columns: idea, theme, source, status (raw / drafted / shipped).

Fragments land here. When you're planning the next issue, you pull from this table.

## Cadence

- Weekly: review idea bank, slot 1-3 ideas into upcoming issues.
- 48h before send: draft locked.
- Send day: Flint marks the issue "sent" on the webhook.
- Day after: review what landed, what didn't, update idea bank.