Helping you write with clarity and ease.
I’m Mary Morel
Author | Board-paper specialist | Creator of online courses
Author
Mary writes fiction and nonfiction books.
Her latest nonfiction book is Write to Govern: How to write effective board papers and she is currently writing a young-adult novel.
You can listen to two of her children’s books on YouTube: The Recycler and The Table Cloth Dress.
Write to Govern book
For more than 20 years, Mary facilitated in-house board paper courses to improve board paper quality. She also offered an online course that was used internationally.
Although Mary is no longer offering board paper training, you can still access her knowledge through her book, Write to Govern.
This book has been bought by individuals and organisations in paper back and PDF form. If your organisation would like a licence for the PDF, email mary@marymorel.com.au
What I am writing about
Verbing: turning nouns into verbs
Many new verbs are created from adding endings to nouns When we add endings to nouns to turn them into verbs, it’s known as ‘verbing’, ‘verbification’, ‘denomilisation’ or ‘verbifying’ – ugly words to describe a common process! For example: She eyed an opportunity.He tabled a proposal.She authored a book.They accessed a lift.You can friend and […]
A quirky US rule about quotation marks
In US English, full stops go inside quotation marks Use of quotation marks We use quotation marks to indicate: Written or spoken speech ‘You’re looking well,’ she said. Titles of reports, articles and poems I read an article ‘Where Boards Fall Short’ in the Harvard Business Review. Words we wish to emphasise Did you know that […]
What happens when we overload sentences
Overloaded sentences are difficult to read Length is often blamed for sentences going awry, but the problem is more complex than that because a long sentence sometimes works. Take Mark Twain’s beautiful example: ‘At times he may indulge himself with a long one [sentence], but he will make sure there are no folds in it, […]