by Faye Arcand | Nov 30, 2022 | My Twisted Writer Brain…, self improvement
It needed to be kicked to the curb and I should have done it sooner. I don’t know what word count I got to, but I do know that it all sucked in more ways than one. The writing felt forced. Nothing wanted to flow from my brain to my page. My brain would whistle...
by Faye Arcand | Aug 11, 2020 | Faye Arcand, How to Make Your Writing Better, My Twisted Writer Brain…, self help, self improvement, Writing a Book
Lately, I’ve felt very distracted and unorganized. Every time I turn on the TV the news is blasting a bunch of negativity and it’s bringing me down. I don’t know about you, but when I hear death tolls everyday and rising numbers of virus infections...
by Faye Arcand | May 15, 2020 | My Twisted Writer Brain…
Writers have so much on their minds—all the time—sometimes things can get missed. I totally get it. My brain is spinning 24/7/365. Whether I’m chatting (silently, of course) with a new character to see what motivates them or checking out an original setting...
by Faye Arcand | Dec 17, 2019 | My Twisted Writer Brain…
You know when you leave the vacuum hose laying across the kitchen floor into the dining room. Yup, that’s my brain today. It’s kinda just laying there–all limp and lazy like. The hose is covered in a long snake-like sleeve so it doesn’t scratch...