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Once Upon A Draft

Sheridan Cass

Once Upon A Draft delivers bite-sized craft insights, courage boosts, and glimpses from my author journey to nourish your own sustainable, soul-feeding writing practice. For the busy writer who needs a quick infusion of creative fuel.

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Your job is to be a human having an inner life.

Dear drafter,

There’s a particular kind of shame that shows up when we’re creating something entirely ours.

It’s this insidious feeling that creeps in when that one sentence won’t land, or when a chapter loses momentum, or when the b...

3 months ago
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You Need A Muse

Dear drafter,

Most of us were taught, implicitly or explicitly, that creative work is an identity test.

That the words come from you, reflect you, and therefore expose you. Which means every sentence carries a little threat. If it’s...

4 months ago
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I Don’t Even Know Who I Am Online Anymore

Dear drafter,

I’ve been thinking a lot about how much of myself I edit online. How I don’t feel like myself online most of the time.

Not in a dramatic way.
Just in the small, constant, careful adjustments that I subconsciously thin...

4 months ago
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My Growth Didn't Look Like Progress This Year, And That's Okay

Dear drafter,

This was a hard year.

Hard in ways I didn’t anticipate, couldn’t plan for, and sometimes didn’t even have words for while I was in it. The challenges weren’t neat. They showed up when I felt least prepared to handle the...

5 months ago
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You've Got To Be Bad In Order To Be Good

Dear drafter,

Being bad at something is not a personal flaw.

It’s the entry fee.

Every skill you’ve ever admired in someone else came with a long, private period where they fumbled, stalled, and questioned whether they were wasting...

5 months ago
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    Fiction writer, non-fiction author, book ghostwriter. Delivering intimate, bite-sized letters on craft, courage, and consistency to fuel your writing practice.

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