Hey everyone!
I found this great article on empathy, and why people "care" more for singular tragedies than large scale/multi person tragedies.
(Or why, in the news, the Headline will read "Special needs teacher and Mother of four drowns in floodwaters" instead of "Death toll now reaches 2000 for recent flood." )
Why Your Brain Can't Empathize With Large Tragedies | Cracked.com
It really got me thinking about why having the reader connect to a single (main) character right away is so important, and why those large, sweeping, abstract The entire world was on the verge of destruction by a large and terrifying foe... prologues can sometimes feel a little flat...
Thoughts?
I found this great article on empathy, and why people "care" more for singular tragedies than large scale/multi person tragedies.
(Or why, in the news, the Headline will read "Special needs teacher and Mother of four drowns in floodwaters" instead of "Death toll now reaches 2000 for recent flood." )
Why Your Brain Can't Empathize With Large Tragedies | Cracked.com
It really got me thinking about why having the reader connect to a single (main) character right away is so important, and why those large, sweeping, abstract The entire world was on the verge of destruction by a large and terrifying foe... prologues can sometimes feel a little flat...
Thoughts?