4.2 – Magic Write Drafting Content Lesson

Lesson Overview

Drafting new content is a common challenge, whether writing letters, proposals, blog posts, or sales documents. In this lesson, you’ll see how Canva’s Magic Write tool helps generate content starting from a blank canvas or using any template within Canva Docs. Magic Write provides AI assistance similar to tools like Notion AI or Microsoft’s Copilot, but it’s fully integrated into Canva’s design environment, making it accessible for both content and design projects.

The lesson demonstrates two main approaches: enhancing existing text in a template, or starting a completely new document and letting Magic Write kick off your writing. You’ll navigate templates like thank you notes, sales offers, or business proposals, and discover how to use custom prompts or quick start suggestions to develop content tailored to your needs.

For anyone who writes business documents, correspondence, or creative texts, learning to draft with Magic Write makes it much faster to get started and iterate—whether you’re working alone or within a team. Examples featured include a customer thank you letter for a car purchase and a full business proposal, showing the range of use cases Magic Write can cover.

Who This Is For

If you want to create clear and effective text quickly with Canva, this lesson will help, especially if you:

• Handle marketing, sales, or client correspondence
• Draft proposals, letters, or routine business documents
• Create content for education, events, or product launches
• Need to personalize templates for repetitive communications
• Struggle with starting from a blank page or running out of writing ideas
• Prefer having AI support to polish and adjust your writing style

Where This Fits in a Workflow

Drafting content using Magic Write is ideal at the beginning of any writing project or when updating recurring documents. For example, when onboarding new clients, you might use Magic Write to personalize welcome letters from a template. In another case, a business owner could quickly create a detailed proposal or sales offer by combining quick start prompts with custom instructions.

This lesson comes into play right after you choose a document template or open a new Canva Doc. Rather than spending extra time brainstorming or fine-tuning every sentence, you can use Magic Write to produce a solid draft, then make edits as needed. It’s a key step in streamlining everyday writing tasks, enhancing your content pipeline from the first ideas to the completed piece.

Technical & Workflow Benefits

Manually drafting documents can be slow and mentally taxing—especially when you face repetitive writing tasks or writer’s block. Traditionally, users would start from a blank page, copy sections from past documents, or repeatedly tweak templates by hand. Magic Write changes this by letting you describe what you need and allowing Canva’s AI to draft content in seconds.

For example, rewriting customer thank you letters or generating new business proposals no longer requires building every sentence from scratch. With quick start prompts and editable output, you save time and produce consistent, on-brand messaging. In teams or solo settings, this improves turnaround and makes it easy to meet deadlines without sacrificing quality. By supporting many document types, Magic Write ensures you spend more time on review and strategy, and less on basic writing mechanics.

Practice Exercise

To practice, open Canva and start a new Doc. Select a template like a sales proposal or start with a blank document:

1. Use Magic Write to draft a new piece of content. Try one of the quick start prompts—such as "business proposal"—and customize it with your own topic and details.
2. Once the AI generates your draft, modify the prompt or use options like “Rewrite,” “Make More Fun,” or “Shorten” to get alternative versions.
3. Insert the text and personalize it further, such as adding names or unique offers.

Ask yourself: How does the AI-generated draft compare to what you’d typically write on your own? Does it save you time? What adjustments did you make to make it feel more like your style?

Course Context Recap

This lesson builds on your understanding of Magic Write, moving from editing existing text to drafting new content from scratch—an essential step for anyone building documents in Canva. Previously, you learned how to refine and modify content; next, you’ll explore other advanced Magic Studio features that help you design and communicate even more efficiently.

To continue advancing your Canva AI skills and get the most out of the course, watch the next lesson or browse the complete series—each piece builds your confidence and ability with practical, real-world projects.