Softly informed creative direction for life, and the overstimulated.
Open Draft
A soft newsletter for life-long creatives.Poetic letters, honest reflections, and creative tools, delivered from your softly informed pen pal every fortnight.
Receive a welcome package of gentle prompts to get you inspired when you're feeling creatively overwhelmed when you sign up.
Hi there ~
Here from Instagram or Youtube? Maybe you just saw me talk about a memory, or metaphor, or recent mental breakdown breakthrough?
Welcome, this space is for you. A softer, slower corner of the internet. There's no pressure to be productive to belong here, all you need to do is be a creative person. And, looking through your webcam, I can see you are (legally this is a joke!).
Get to know me!
I'm a queer creative, mid-weight copywriter by day, and soft-spoken creative by...also day, and night, and hour.
Read the Open Draft
A letter for creatives who are never quite finished, from a softly informed pen pal.
Honest reflections on creative self-care and clarity, creative tips and tools, and personal stories. For creatives who feel everything at once, to finally have a space that feels like them, and inspires their passion.
Open Draft means:
-- Gentle, poetic emails about the creative process
-- Honest thoughts on attention, creation, and self-acceptance
-- Free resources made by a neurodivergent creative <3Currently, new sign ups are sent a '5 Creative Grounding Tools for Overwhelmed Brains',
or as I like to call it, the prompts that get me creating even when I'm feeling overwhelmed.And hey, there's no pressure to join, but I hope you do and that it inspires you to see all the open drafts waiting to unfold.
Softly, the person
Hi, I'm Softly!I make emotional things for people like me who feel too much (and yet suck at expressing it). Random info dumps combined with personal reflections is the inspiration behind the name: softly informed. But, I've come to realise it's more a reflection of myself. A way to embrace those softer sides of myself, while still feeling confident of expressing my thoughts.
Who inspires me
That's you!Seriously. It's why I create content in the first place, to connect with people. To hope something I learn or feel, resonates with someone else out there. This space is for those who never felt like enough, or too much, or not ready enough to start the creative journey they have always wanted to. I'm only softly informed, but I'm here. And you inspire me, so I hope I do the same for you.Expect new YouTube videos every fortnight, a new Open Draft letter in your inbox every month, and constant updates on Instagram of what I've learnt along the way. I hope you enjoy this softer, slower space...because it's being shared, by me, Softly.