Rows · part of Drafts

Break out of cell hell

Product descriptions, SEO metadata, content audits, ad variants. Bring in the spreadsheet, write one row at a time on a calm, blank page, and send the same sheet back. You’re working in a spreadsheet without having to look at one.

Works with Excel and CSV. Included with ProCopywriters Pro.

Spreadsheets are for planning copy, not writing it

Clients and agencies love a spreadsheet: one row per product, page or ad, with columns for every field. It’s a great way to plan. It’s a miserable place to write.

Room to think

One field at a time, in big type, on a page. Not a box the width of a thumbnail with your sentence scrolling off the edge.

Limits you can see

A live character count against each column’s limit. Titles, meta descriptions and ad headlines turn red before you go over, not after.

The context, without the clutter

The product name, keyword, URL and notes sit beside what you’re writing, so you don’t lose your place hunting across columns.

Made for the big, repetitive jobs

Product descriptions

Hundreds of SKUs, the same fields each time, a different product every row.

SEO titles and meta

Strict character limits, a keyword per row, and pages that all need to sound different.

Content audits

Keep, cut or rewrite, with a reason and a new version, page by page.

Ad variants

Headlines and descriptions by ad group, each with its own limit.

Email subject lines

Several versions per send, with preview text, tested at length.

Localisation briefs

Source text in one column, the new version in the next.

How it works

  1. Bring in the sheet

    Upload Excel or CSV, or paste straight from a spreadsheet. Tell Rows which columns you’re writing and which are context. Google Sheets link Coming soon

  2. Write one row at a time

    Each row opens as a page. Context sits to one side; the fields you’re writing take the rest.

  3. Keep an eye on limits

    Character counts per field, and a dot for every row: done, started, over or empty.

  4. Send the same sheet back

    Download it in the format it came in, columns and order untouched. Your client never knows you left the spreadsheet.

What’s inside

Focus mode: one field in big type and a line of row dots along the bottom

Focus mode

Hide everything but the words. One quiet line tells you where you are.

A field near its limit, and the next one over it, in red

Limits per column

Set a limit once, or pick a platform’s, and it applies to every row. Over the limit goes red.

The row list, filtered to rows not done yet

Jump to what’s left

Show only the rows not done, or over a limit, and move between them.

Client review, row by row

Send the rows to your client as a link, like any other Drafts project, and collect comments and sign-off row by row.

Pricing

Rows is part of Drafts, which is included in ProCopywriters Pro membership.

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£14.99 a month

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Not working in a spreadsheet?

Drafts does the same for pages, emails and campaigns: write it, send a link, get sign-off.

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Questions

Will it mess up my client’s spreadsheet?

No. You download the same format with the same columns, in the same order. Anything you didn’t write is left exactly as it was.

Does it work with Google Sheets?

Not directly yet. Download your Google Sheet as Excel (.xlsx), bring it in, and upload the finished file back into Google Sheets. A direct link is coming.

How big a sheet can it handle?

Up to 2,000 rows and 8 MB a sheet. You only ever see one row at a time.

Can I set different limits for different columns?

Yes. Each column you’re writing can have its own character limit, and the limit follows every row.

Does it use AI?

No. Rows doesn’t write anything for you. It gives you a better place to write it.

Who can use it?

Rows is part of Drafts, and Drafts is included with ProCopywriters Pro membership.

Your next spreadsheet, on a blank page

Included with ProCopywriters Pro.