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Author: A.D. Morel

A. D. Morel is a pen name for Alison Dibble. Alison took a pen name because in her day job as an ecologist she has written more than 30 technical peer review papers to report scientific studies she has undertaken. When she chose to write fiction, she wanted freedom from the constraints of always having to present the facts from an unbiased stance.

Desperate for a reader

By A.D. Morel Posted on January 10, 2013 Posted in Rewrite

Should you ask your friend to read your work? — You might be writing just for yourself. That’s good. Writing is such a highly entertaining activity, and you can become engrossed in your own story so that the time goes …

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Tagged with: feedback, review, rewrite, write just for yourself, writers group

Hearts of stone

By A.D. Morel Posted on January 10, 2013 Posted in Characters in 3-D

Going for complexities of emotion — Try using Katherine’s hearts of stone as a writing prompt to explore emotion. Have you ever encountered a lack of warmth upon entering a room — perhaps there was a discussion that you interrupted, …

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Tagged with: acutely self-conscious, character development, meekness, strength

Develop some character

By A.D. Morel Posted on January 10, 2013 Posted in Characters in 3-D

Character under pressure — What will your character do when things go wrong? Let’s say you already made us care about this character by showing us the person doing something he/she is good at, or giving generously from the heart, …

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Tagged with: character development, creative writing blog, emotions as inspiration, fiction writing, good read, high quality fiction

Pick a topic

By A.D. Morel Posted on January 9, 2013 Posted in Getting started, Pick a topic, Prompts

Write what you want! —   Pick a topic. It’s not so important to “write what you know”, but “write what you want!”, and let it be something you care deeply about. Choose a situation based on raw emotion and  …

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Tagged with: emotions as inspiration, Pick a topic

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