Episode 112: Ashley Hanna-Morgan

Throughout her life, author and licensed clinical social worker Ashley Hanna-Morgan has encountered many characters. In the fictional stories she writes, it's important she stays true to a character when writing them. In this episode of The Written Scene, Ashley discusses the ways our muse and our health interact, feeling pulled in two career directions, lessons learned from writing her first fiction book, being able to separate non-creative work from creative work, taking book notes while walking the baby, incorporating real-life parenting experiences in order to make it universal to her readers, getting her love of poetry from her grandmother, being pulled more to fiction than memoir, having poetry as a lifelong faithful companion, looking for good character development in stories she reads, staying true to the character, when friends know they may be a character in a story someday, reading things we normally wouldn't read, and so much more. Please be sure to subscribe, rate, review, and share this and all episodes of The Written Scene. You can also subscribe to our once-a-month newsletter by clicking or tapping here. Music: Addis Ababa by Eshi Era