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Empathy Through Fiction

Fiction encourages empathy.

Fiction allows us to explore our own feelings towards something, but also get into the mindset and ideas of others. Reading a story brings us into a character’s world, and helps us not only to see why we think a character is reacting a certain way, but to actually go further into the concepts and read the words in the charcter’’s head, understanding fully those motivations and not only being able to guess at them.

Reading fiction, more than watching fiction, allows that connection. Watching fiction can also illicit emotions, and help us draw conclusions, but many of those are based upon our ideas of what our reactions would be, pulling understanding from our own experiences and expectations. We can read the facial expressions and nonverbal language of characters, but most of those cues are going to be driven by our own bias, for good or for bad.

The act of engaging in fiction reading means that we we are building our understanding of an experience, not only our perceptions of it, but the author’s message underscored by the thoughts and feelings woven into the story.

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It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.

Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.

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It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.

Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.

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Blog Post Title Four

It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.

Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.

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