diff --git a/Shared/PostEditor/PostEditorView.swift b/Shared/PostEditor/PostEditorView.swift
index d7f9079..c41df03 100644
--- a/Shared/PostEditor/PostEditorView.swift
+++ b/Shared/PostEditor/PostEditorView.swift
@@ -1,118 +1,160 @@
 import SwiftUI
 
 struct PostEditorView: View {
     @EnvironmentObject var model: WriteFreelyModel
 
     @ObservedObject var post: WFAPost
 
     var body: some View {
         VStack {
             switch post.appearance {
             case "sans":
-                TextField("", text: $post.title)
+                TextField("Title (optional)", text: $post.title)
                     .font(.custom("OpenSans-Regular", size: 26, relativeTo: Font.TextStyle.largeTitle))
                     .onChange(of: post.title) { _ in
                         if post.status == PostStatus.published.rawValue {
                             post.status = PostStatus.edited.rawValue
                         }
                     }
-                TextEditor(text: $post.body)
-                    .font(.custom("OpenSans-Regular", size: 17, relativeTo: Font.TextStyle.body))
-                    .onChange(of: post.body) { _ in
-                        if post.status == PostStatus.published.rawValue {
-                            post.status = PostStatus.edited.rawValue
-                        }
+                ZStack(alignment: .topLeading) {
+                    if post.body.count == 0 {
+                        Text("Write...")
+                            .foregroundColor(Color(UIColor.placeholderText))
+                            .padding(.horizontal, 4)
+                            .padding(.vertical, 8)
+                            .font(.custom("OpenSans-Regular", size: 17, relativeTo: Font.TextStyle.body))
+                    }
+                    TextEditor(text: $post.body)
+                        .font(.custom("OpenSans-Regular", size: 17, relativeTo: Font.TextStyle.body))
+                        .onChange(of: post.body) { _ in
+                            if post.status == PostStatus.published.rawValue {
+                                post.status = PostStatus.edited.rawValue
+                            }
                     }
+                }
             case "wrap", "mono", "code":
-                TextField("", text: $post.title)
+                TextField("Title (optional)", text: $post.title)
                     .font(.custom("Hack", size: 26, relativeTo: Font.TextStyle.largeTitle))
                     .onChange(of: post.title) { _ in
                         if post.status == PostStatus.published.rawValue {
                             post.status = PostStatus.edited.rawValue
                         }
                     }
-                TextEditor(text: $post.body)
-                    .font(.custom("Hack", size: 17, relativeTo: Font.TextStyle.body))
-                    .onChange(of: post.body) { _ in
-                        if post.status == PostStatus.published.rawValue {
-                            post.status = PostStatus.edited.rawValue
-                        }
+                ZStack(alignment: .topLeading) {
+                    if post.body.count == 0 {
+                        Text("Write...")
+                            .foregroundColor(Color(UIColor.placeholderText))
+                            .padding(.horizontal, 4)
+                            .padding(.vertical, 8)
+                            .font(.custom("Hack", size: 17, relativeTo: Font.TextStyle.body))
+                    }
+                    TextEditor(text: $post.body)
+                        .font(.custom("Hack", size: 17, relativeTo: Font.TextStyle.body))
+                        .onChange(of: post.body) { _ in
+                            if post.status == PostStatus.published.rawValue {
+                                post.status = PostStatus.edited.rawValue
+                            }
                     }
+                }
             default:
-                TextField("", text: $post.title)
+                TextField("Title (optional)", text: $post.title)
                     .font(.custom("Lora", size: 26, relativeTo: Font.TextStyle.largeTitle))
                     .onChange(of: post.title) { _ in
                         if post.status == PostStatus.published.rawValue {
                             post.status = PostStatus.edited.rawValue
                         }
                     }
-                TextEditor(text: $post.body)
-                    .font(.custom("Lora", size: 17, relativeTo: Font.TextStyle.body))
-                    .onChange(of: post.body) { _ in
-                        if post.status == PostStatus.published.rawValue {
-                            post.status = PostStatus.edited.rawValue
-                        }
+                ZStack(alignment: .topLeading) {
+                    if post.body.count == 0 {
+                        Text("Write...")
+                            .foregroundColor(Color(UIColor.placeholderText))
+                            .padding(.horizontal, 4)
+                            .padding(.vertical, 8)
+                            .font(.custom("Lora", size: 17, relativeTo: Font.TextStyle.body))
+                    }
+                    TextEditor(text: $post.body)
+                        .font(.custom("Lora", size: 17, relativeTo: Font.TextStyle.body))
+                        .onChange(of: post.body) { _ in
+                            if post.status == PostStatus.published.rawValue {
+                                post.status = PostStatus.edited.rawValue
+                            }
                     }
+                }
             }
         }
         .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline)
         .padding()
         .toolbar {
             ToolbarItem(placement: .principal) {
                 PostEditorStatusToolbarView(post: post)
             }
             ToolbarItem(placement: .primaryAction) {
                 Button(action: {
                     publishPost()
                 }, label: {
                     Image(systemName: "paperplane")
                 })
                 .disabled(
                     post.status == PostStatus.published.rawValue ||
                         !model.account.isLoggedIn ||
                         !model.hasNetworkConnection
                 )
             }
         }
         .onChange(of: post.hasNewerRemoteCopy, perform: { _ in
             if post.status == PostStatus.edited.rawValue && !post.hasNewerRemoteCopy {
                 post.status = PostStatus.published.rawValue
             }
         })
         .onDisappear(perform: {
             if post.status < PostStatus.published.rawValue {
                 DispatchQueue.main.async {
                     LocalStorageManager().saveContext()
                 }
             }
         })
     }
 
     private func publishPost() {
         DispatchQueue.main.async {
             LocalStorageManager().saveContext()
             model.posts.loadCachedPosts()
             model.publish(post: post)
         }
         #if os(iOS)
         self.hideKeyboard()
         #endif
     }
 }
 
-struct PostEditorView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
+struct PostEditorView_EmptyPostPreviews: PreviewProvider {
+    static var previews: some View {
+        let context = LocalStorageManager.persistentContainer.viewContext
+        let testPost = WFAPost(context: context)
+        testPost.createdDate = Date()
+        testPost.appearance = "norm"
+
+        let model = WriteFreelyModel()
+
+        return PostEditorView(post: testPost)
+            .environment(\.managedObjectContext, context)
+            .environmentObject(model)
+    }
+}
+
+struct PostEditorView_ExistingPostPreviews: PreviewProvider {
     static var previews: some View {
         let context = LocalStorageManager.persistentContainer.viewContext
         let testPost = WFAPost(context: context)
         testPost.title = "Test Post Title"
         testPost.body = "Here's some cool sample body text."
         testPost.createdDate = Date()
         testPost.appearance = "code"
 
         let model = WriteFreelyModel()
 
         return PostEditorView(post: testPost)
             .environment(\.managedObjectContext, context)
             .environmentObject(model)
     }
 }