{"id":2371336,"date":"2015-09-30T17:35:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T22:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/?p=2371336"},"modified":"2019-02-04T15:47:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T21:47:47","slug":"in-someone-elses-shoes-developing-empathy-by-writing-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/blog\/in-someone-elses-shoes-developing-empathy-by-writing-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"In Someone Else\u2019s Shoes – Developing Empathy by Writing Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rebecca Harrison, Guest Contributor\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

We asked Rebecca to be one of our student speakers at the 2015 Summer Workshop<\/a>. The challenge she made to her fellow writers was moving; we asked her for a blog version we could share with all of you!<\/p>\n

Rebecca:<\/em><\/p>\n

I have always loved stories.<\/p>\n

Most of my childhood memories involve toting around a book, or writing down my own stories on colored craft paper. I’m artistic and creative in general, but there\u2019s\u00a0something about stories that\u00a0touches me in a way no other medium of art can<\/strong>. Because stories have characters.<\/p>\n

As a kid, I related to fictional characters more than I did to real people (and still often do). I was always playing characters in my head, stepping into their shoes, becoming them for just a little while, because somehow they helped me make sense of myself and of the world around me.<\/strong> Whenever I was in a scary situation, I would step into the shoes of a favorite character who was brave, and that taught me to be brave myself.<\/p>\n

(Obi-Wan Kenobi is a great teacher.)<\/p>\n

But fictional characters didn\u2019t only help me\u00a0understand myself\u2014they helped me to understand those around me, too. I am a very socially awkward person, and when I was a kid I was extremely shy. EXTREMELY shy. I’m still a little shy now (part of that is just being introverted and\u2014let’s face it, really really awkward), but when I was a kid\u00a0I couldn’t figure people out and I felt like I lived in an alien world\u2014or that maybe I<\/em> was the alien<\/strong>. Probably that.<\/p>\n

Then I started writing. I began to develop original characters\u2014characters who weren’t much like me, who saw the world differently, who\u00a0faced challenges I had never come close to. And the more I wrote, the more I became convinced of something\u00a0really cool:<\/p>\n

Writers have an amazing and, I believe, unique opportunity to relate to and understand<\/strong> those around us.<\/p>\n

On a daily basis, we insert ourselves into the shoes of complete strangers, learning who they are, where they come from, why they do what they do. We put days, sometimes weeks or more, into developing characters\u2014but rather than a creative process, it feels like a discovery<\/em>. We unearth who these people are as we watch them interact with their world<\/strong>. As we dig up their backstories, we get to know why they do what they do.<\/p>\n

And as we get to know our characters more deeply, the more we connect with and care for them. When we write and when we read, and when we watch movies, we connect with characters: their struggles, their insecurities, their dreams, and their victories, because, even if it\u2019s just on one small level, we understand what it’s like to feel disappointed, or hopeful, discouraged, or encouraged. And we discover that we, too, are understood<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I am\u00a0reading a great book called Wired for Story<\/em> by Lisa Cron, which discusses a lot of the same kinds of things Jeff Gerke talked about at the Summer Workshop<\/a>\u2014the psychology behind storytelling. The book contains a quote by cognitive psychologist and author Keith Oatley:<\/p>\n

In literature we feel the pain of the downtrodden, the anguish of defeat, or the joy of victory\u2014but in a safe space. …We can refine our human capacities of emotional understanding. We can hone our ability to feel with other people who, in ordinary life, might seem too foreign\u2014or too threatening\u2014to elicit our sympathies. Perhaps then when we return to our real lives, we can better understand why people act the way they do.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Writing stories is a portal\u2014or, a wardrobe if you will\u2014to experiencing someone else\u2019s life<\/strong>. It is the closest we will ever get to catch glimpses of unspoken thoughts and feelings that seem so masked in the real world. We wear so many masks here. They cause us to skip asking the “why\u201d\u2014or even worse, to make up our own \u201cwhy\u201d for people\u2019s actions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Writing gives a voice to what is\u00a0silent. Or ignored.<\/p>\n

I think we all have a tendency to expect and assume the worst about others. We assume he’s running late because he’s a lazy bum, when in reality he stayed up until 2:00 in the morning helping a friend. We assume she talks too much because she likes to hog attention, but in reality she’s afraid of being invisible. That assume-the-worst mentality gives wheels to cynicism, breeds distrust and contempt in our friendships, communities, and in our own hearts. That cynicism is the filter through which we see the world\u2014and others around us.<\/p>\n

But if anyone should understand that not everything is as it seems<\/strong>, it would be us. It would be the writers. Because we have the gift of perspective<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We have the gift of recognizing that, just like our characters, we all have strengths and weaknesses, fears and hopes. Even heroes have fatal flaws and experience failure. We are all trying to figure out this big, big world and we will experience Inciting Incidents, Black Moments, Showdowns, and Victories<\/strong>. And we won’t always get it right. But we don’t have to always get it right.<\/p>\n

We have the gift of knowing that everyone has a backstory\u2014that everyone comes from a different place, shaped by different circumstances. We understand that things and people change and we understand that where we\u2019ve been doesn’t determine where we\u2019ll end up<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And lastly, we have the gift of knowing we are all part of a much bigger story<\/strong> that isn’t limited by our minuscule perspective. It’s so easy to get lost in us<\/em>\u2014It’s so easy to think of ourselves as the hero of our own story. But something that I have learned during my 23 years on this planet, is that many of the heroes in my life, who are responsible for nudging me towards minor adjustments\u2014or complete 180s\u2026 I don’t even know some of their names.<\/p>\n

They were heroes because they took the effort to understand me<\/strong>. Not because they “rescued” me, but because they helped me realize I wasn’t as alone as I thought I was.<\/p>\n

What I guess I am encouraging you all to realize is how wonderful a position you are in to make a difference. To understand, to be understood\u2014and to do something with that understanding. To be a different kind of hero<\/strong>. Just like when we give “gifts” to our heroes\u2014magic swords and special talents\u2014we have been given a gift too<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Now go use it.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAbout Rebecca<\/strong>
\nRebecca Harrison is an aspiring writer and graphic artist who first joined\u00a0The One Year Adventure Novel<\/em>\u00a0in fall of 2008, when she discovered her passion for storytelling. She is a crazy cat lady in training and while long walks on the beach aren\u2019t her thing, she does enjoy some hot tea and spending quality time reading with her dragon, Spire.<\/p>\n

Read another post by Rebecca, \u201cHow to Write Evil, Awesome Villains\u201d \u00bb<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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