Empower Your Writing with these Simple Tricks Empower Your Writing with these Simple Tricks By Megan Cutler | May 6, 2019 | Comments 1 comment Since I started these editing guides, we’ve covered a lot. We started with the basics of grammar and punctuation. We also spent some time on passive voice, character perspective, and how to enhance character voice. Of course, none of this advice can replace having an editor or betas to help pinpoint your mistakes, but the … Read More Read More
Soul of the Sun Project Update Soul of the Sun Project Update By Megan Cutler | April 22, 2019 | Comments 0 Comment I mentioned a couple weeks ago that I was starting a new project. Logically, it follows that I’m also wrapping up a current project to make way for the new one. It’s been over a year since I discussed my Celestial Serenade space opera in detail. Time has flown so quickly since I resumed working … Read More Read More
What Does Writing Look Like To You? What Does Writing Look Like To You? By Megan Cutler | April 15, 2019 | Comments 1 comment Sometimes, I wonder what people think of me. I’m sure I strike an odd sight. I spend a lot of time parked in front of my computer screen, reading over or adding to strange documents. My secondary screen holds a smattering of digital post-it-notes. They often grow out of control before I cull their numbers. … Read More Read More
How To Reclaim A Bad Week How To Reclaim A Bad Week By Megan Cutler | April 1, 2019 | Comments 4 comments It’s been one of those weeks. You know the kind. The perfect storm of awful. One innocent little thing sets the dominos in motion and, suddenly, you can’t stop the cascade failure no matter how hard you try. On Monday, the grocery store is extra busy, which puts you behind schedule. But it’s no big … Read More Read More
The Challenge of Finding a Perfect House The Challenge of Finding a Perfect House By Megan Cutler | March 25, 2019 | Comments 2 comments As previously established, I’m bad at life updates. Confession: a big part of the reason I so rarely write these is that my personal life feels pretty boring. I worry no one really cares about what’s going on during my day-to-day. Especially since I don’t have cats. I figure people would rather hear about Domerin’s … Read More Read More
Making The Most Of Character Perspective Making The Most Of Character Perspective By Megan Cutler | March 11, 2019 | Comments 2 comments Last week I talked about the different perspectives, or points of view, available to writers. I covered my personal pros and cons for each and touched on the fact that they balance out pretty well, depending on the purpose of your project. But since the chosen point of view often sets the tone and atmosphere … Read More Read More
A Perspective Primer – Which is Best? A Perspective Primer – Which is Best? By Megan Cutler | March 4, 2019 | Comments 1 comment So far my editing guides have covered grammar rules like punctuation and passive voice. Aside from those, my most frequent notes center around perspective. But unlike the other guides I’ve written, perspective can’t be handled with a short paragraph of guidelines. Perspective, or point of view, is a stylistic choice every writer must make in … Read More Read More
How to Prune Passive Voice How to Prune Passive Voice By Megan Cutler | January 21, 2019 | Comments 0 Comment I’ve been editing for friends for several years now, which is one of the reasons I’ve decided to start editing as a service. As a result, I see a lot of the same errors over and over. As soon as I started noticing them in the work of others, I found them in my own … Read More Read More
A List of Goals for 2019! A List of Goals for 2019! By Megan Cutler | January 7, 2019 | Comments 3 comments 2018 was a busy and exciting year. But it pales in comparison with what I have planned for 2019. I usually use my first post of the year to look forward at my goals as well as backwards at my accomplishments. But I had so much to say about 2018, I decided to split the … Read More Read More
Farewell 2018 Farewell 2018 By Megan Cutler | January 1, 2019 | Comments 2 comments I admit, 2018 feels like a blur. The kind where you dig your fingers into a project, get super involved and look up an hour later to find that, actually, three weeks have passed. I set a lot of ambitious goals for 2018, despite my focus on healthy work habits. That meant accepting from the … Read More Read More