Why Your Story Matters
Yizzy Irving
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The world is in need of strong, intelligent voices. Should those voices be wasted on fiction? Should writers be spending their hours in more important pursuits than playing make believe on the page? This week Nicole addresses the question of whether or not writers are wasting their time when they write fiction. She sites research that underscores the magnitude of fiction’s impact on our society and celebrates its small victories as well. This episode doesn’t ask if your story matters, it tells you WHY it does, so listen, then GO WRITE!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mentioned in this episode:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Scientific American</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">article October 4, 2013 Novel Finding: Reading Literary Fiction Improves Empathy by Julianne Chiaet</span> <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/novel-finding-reading-literary-fiction-improves-empathy/"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/novel-finding-reading-literary-fiction-improves-empathy/</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">NV Rivera YouTube channel</span> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpPlp1EVzQhDFPdGp5w2KoQ"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpPlp1EVzQhDFPdGp5w2KoQ</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">#SWAP52club FB Group</span> <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/2475322779257689/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/2475322779257689/</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stop Writing Alone has an Instagram account!</span> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/stopwritingalone/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.instagram.com/stopwritingalone/</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></li> <li style="f