Sheridan Cass
@sheridancass.bsky.social
Fiction writer, non-fiction author, book ghostwriter | #writingcommunity #booklover
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Sheridan Cass
@sheridancass.bsky.social
· Sep 16
I started writing to heal myself. Now I’m just traumatizing fictional people instead. Growth?
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I wrote a chapter that felt easy! I’m not questioning it. Growth.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I wrote a chapter that felt easy! I’m not questioning it. Growth.
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Write something today that delights no one but you. That kind of joy always leaves something worthwhile behind.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Write something today that delights no one but you. That kind of joy always leaves something worthwhile behind.
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When my joy of writing fades, I don’t chase productivity. I chase curiosity. It always knows the way back to joy. 🧡
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November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
When my joy of writing fades, I don’t chase productivity. I chase curiosity. It always knows the way back to joy. 🧡
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I tried writing at 6:00 AM to be “disciplined.” Now I’m just tired and dramatic before sunrise.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I tried writing at 6:00 AM to be “disciplined.” Now I’m just tired and dramatic before sunrise.
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Every time I say “I’ll just fix this one thing,” a structural edit fairy gains its wings.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Every time I say “I’ll just fix this one thing,” a structural edit fairy gains its wings.
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Me: I'll just tweak this paragraph.
Also me, 4 hours later: I have deleted time and language.
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Also me, 4 hours later: I have deleted time and language.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Me: I'll just tweak this paragraph.
Also me, 4 hours later: I have deleted time and language.
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Also me, 4 hours later: I have deleted time and language.
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Writing is one long game of hide and seek between you and wonder. Some days you find it. Some days it finds you.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Writing is one long game of hide and seek between you and wonder. Some days you find it. Some days it finds you.
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Current writing mood: 47 open tabs, one functional brain cell, and a mysterious tea I don’t remember making.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Current writing mood: 47 open tabs, one functional brain cell, and a mysterious tea I don’t remember making.
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I accidentally outlined a whole new book while trying to fix a single paragraph. Send help. Or snacks.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I accidentally outlined a whole new book while trying to fix a single paragraph. Send help. Or snacks.
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My writing process:
- Write something awful.
- Rewrite it until it's tolerable.
- Pretend that was the plan all along.
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- Write something awful.
- Rewrite it until it's tolerable.
- Pretend that was the plan all along.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
My writing process:
- Write something awful.
- Rewrite it until it's tolerable.
- Pretend that was the plan all along.
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- Write something awful.
- Rewrite it until it's tolerable.
- Pretend that was the plan all along.
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I told myself I’d write just one paragraph before checking my phone. Now I have three sentences and a PhD in avoiding notifications.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I told myself I’d write just one paragraph before checking my phone. Now I have three sentences and a PhD in avoiding notifications.
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Every time I think I’ve “found my voice,” I read it out loud and sound like 3 mischievous boys arguing in a trench coat.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Every time I think I’ve “found my voice,” I read it out loud and sound like 3 mischievous boys arguing in a trench coat.
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I randomly reread something I wrote six months ago and thought, “Wow, who wrote this? They’re good.” It was me. Past me. She had caffeine, apparently.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I randomly reread something I wrote six months ago and thought, “Wow, who wrote this? They’re good.” It was me. Past me. She had caffeine, apparently.
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Spent 30 minutes naming a café that appears once. Welcome to “The Bean Reckoning,” a location so minor it will be cut by Saturday.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Spent 30 minutes naming a café that appears once. Welcome to “The Bean Reckoning,” a location so minor it will be cut by Saturday.
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Perfect characters are boring!
Give me the messy ones. The ones who lie, snap, self-sabotage, or walk away when they should stay, and somehow still make us ache for them.
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Give me the messy ones. The ones who lie, snap, self-sabotage, or walk away when they should stay, and somehow still make us ache for them.
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The Beautiful Challenge Of Writing Flawed Characters (That Steal Readers’ Hearts)
What makes us ache for the characters who do everything wrong?
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October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Perfect characters are boring!
Give me the messy ones. The ones who lie, snap, self-sabotage, or walk away when they should stay, and somehow still make us ache for them.
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Give me the messy ones. The ones who lie, snap, self-sabotage, or walk away when they should stay, and somehow still make us ache for them.
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Writing update: opened the doc, scrolled, made tea, adjusted the chair height, achieved inner peace, wrote 112 words, called it grit.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Writing update: opened the doc, scrolled, made tea, adjusted the chair height, achieved inner peace, wrote 112 words, called it grit.
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Non-writers: "How's the book going?"
Me: *nervous laughter while mentally reviewing 18 unsolved plot holes and 3 feral subplots*
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Me: *nervous laughter while mentally reviewing 18 unsolved plot holes and 3 feral subplots*
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October 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Non-writers: "How's the book going?"
Me: *nervous laughter while mentally reviewing 18 unsolved plot holes and 3 feral subplots*
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Me: *nervous laughter while mentally reviewing 18 unsolved plot holes and 3 feral subplots*
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I come up with half my best ideas while folding laundry. I guess socks are my muse :)
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October 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I come up with half my best ideas while folding laundry. I guess socks are my muse :)
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The only thing scarier than a blank page is rereading what I wrote at 2:00 AM.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The only thing scarier than a blank page is rereading what I wrote at 2:00 AM.
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Yesterday, I meant to get some solid writing done. Instead, I read an entire book. And I feel pretty flippin' good about that :)
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October 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Yesterday, I meant to get some solid writing done. Instead, I read an entire book. And I feel pretty flippin' good about that :)
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My WIP is going great. By "going great," I mean I've renamed three characters, moved one chapter, changed everyone's backstories, and now have no idea who's alive.
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October 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
My WIP is going great. By "going great," I mean I've renamed three characters, moved one chapter, changed everyone's backstories, and now have no idea who's alive.
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Your words don’t have to be brilliant today. They just have to be yours.
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October 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Your words don’t have to be brilliant today. They just have to be yours.
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Current vibe:
Brain = chaos
Outline = school teacher + dutiful student
Draft = feral
Word count = haunting me
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Brain = chaos
Outline = school teacher + dutiful student
Draft = feral
Word count = haunting me
#writing #writingcommunity #booksky
October 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Current vibe:
Brain = chaos
Outline = school teacher + dutiful student
Draft = feral
Word count = haunting me
#writing #writingcommunity #booksky
Brain = chaos
Outline = school teacher + dutiful student
Draft = feral
Word count = haunting me
#writing #writingcommunity #booksky
I love revisions because it’s the stage where Past Me hands Present Me a burning manuscript and says, “You got this, champ.”
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October 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I love revisions because it’s the stage where Past Me hands Present Me a burning manuscript and says, “You got this, champ.”
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My creative process is 10% writing, 20% deleting, and 70% pretending a new notebook will change my personality.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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October 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
My creative process is 10% writing, 20% deleting, and 70% pretending a new notebook will change my personality.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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