Worlds of Words
Serious fiction writers think about moral problems practically. They tell stories. They narrate. They evoke our common humanity in narratives with which we can identify, even though the lives may be remote from our own. They stimulate our imagination. The stories they tell enlarge and complicate — and, therefore, improve — our sympathies. They educate our capacity for moral judgment….
From “Pay Attention to the World,” a posthumous essay by Susan Sontag, reprinted in the Guardian
Posted: March 17th, 2007 under fiction, publishing, writing.
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