Diary pages
A story told as 'diary pages': a page-a-day diary open on a desk with a ribbon marker, each entry's date written large at the top, the entry in handwriting on ruled lines — 'dear diary' on the first page and a bookplate on the cover. Personal, honest and in the order it happened.
When the AI picks it
MarketiQ’s Creative Director favours the Diary pages for posts that start a conversation, prove a point or entertain, when the message is a story or a timeline. It is built first to start a conversation.
It reads each post’s goal and shape first, then its own words, the platform and the facts you have, and offers this template only where it fits.
Who it’s for
Any business. Nothing in it assumes what you sell, so the Director can offer it to a software company, a café or a coaching centre alike — whenever the post fits.
Platforms and sizes
| Size | Where |
|---|---|
| 4:51080 × 1350 px | Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads |
Carousel of 3–10 slides. Each size is laid out for its canvas, not cropped; the sample above is the 4:5 version.
What it needs
Only your post. It is made from your copy and your brand kit — there is nothing else to prepare.
Rules the AI follows
Word for word from the template library. The Director follows the copy rules when it writes into the template, and the visual review checks every creative against the visual rules.
Copy rules
- Only for a story told day by day or in dated steps (a launch week, a first month, a renovation); not for tips, lists or a single moment.
- Dates come from the copy exactly as it states them; when it states none the page shows the entry number — never an invented date.
- Written in the first person, as the business lived it; every event and number is from the copy.
Visual rules
- A cream diary page on a dark desk, a binding shadow on its left edge and a ribbon marker down its right; the entry's date (or 'Entry n') in large handwriting at the top with the logo beside it and a rule under.
- The entry's heading and text are handwritten, the text on ruled lines; 'Dear diary,' opens the first entry.
- The cover is a bookplate — 'This diary belongs to' around the logo — with the title written below; the closing page writes the call to action under 'The next page'. Page counter at the foot of every page.
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Make a Diary pages with your brand.
MarketiQ writes the post, picks the template that carries it best — this one, when it fits — and fills it with your logo, colours, facts and copy.