Hey writers,
So grateful to Caroline (caroline.ciaramitaro@vercel.com) and Rickey (rickey.mcgregor@vercel.com) for collaborating on this class with us! As you watch the replay, you’ll see how this tool feels like “magic” for quickly creating a beautiful website to showcase your creative work.
Caroline and Rickey asked me to share their contact info for any writers who missed the live class who might still have questions — and for you to share what you’ve built with V0!
Also, shoutout to writer and musician Lizabeth Yandel who was our featured writer for this demo — she just launched her new music Substack Songs to Save Your Day which features covers of great songs, and I highly recommend checking it out.
💸 $30 of Free v0 Credits Thanks to Vercel
Caroline and Rickey were also kind enough to give us $30 of Vercel v0 credits so you can build at v0.app.
The code is: v0-writers-workshop and in the demo Caroline shows how to claim the code.
👩💻 Why v0 is a Great Tool for Writers and Creatives
If you’ve been writing for any amount of time, you know this tension: you need a clean, professional portfolio website — but building one feels slow, expensive, or overly technical. So your clips live in scattered links. Your site stays half-finished. Or you keep meaning to “redo it properly” someday.
We want to solve that, which is why we hosted this live ✍️ Make Writing Your Job class in collaboration with Vercel to show you how to create a beautiful writing portfolio using their v0 tool.
I’ve attended Vercel’s events here in San Francisco before and have been genuinely impressed by what they’re building — v0 is fast, modern, and built for creators who want more control over their websites without having to get buried in the technical side of things.
So if you get frustrated by resizing endless little widgets on other website builders and want a writing website that feels like yours without the endless tinkering, this class is for you!
In this session, we walked through…
How to generate a clean, modern writing portfolio site in minutes — including your homepage, clips page, and about section — without starting from a blank screen
How to structure your portfolio so it actually helps readers, clients, and editors find your work
How to quickly customize the design so it reflects your voice and brand — then refine and expand it as your writing career grows
The goal isn’t just to build a website. It’s to give you a writing portfolio that saves you time, elevates your positioning, and makes it easier for clients, editors, and readers to get excited about your work.
Can’t wait to see your websites — feel free to drop them in the comments section as you make them!
-Amy
