Empathy Is Essential to Writing Fiction. It’s Also Disappearing.
I share an important exercise with my writing students that asks them to stand in another person’s shoes. They’re finding it harder and harder to do.
I share an important exercise with my writing students that asks them to stand in another person’s shoes. They’re finding it harder and harder to do.
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