I’m an English major. Not as in the language, but as in literature and creative writing.
I preface with that because what I’m about to say may come across as biased.
Read. More. Fiction.
As it turns out, though, I’m not biased (well, maybe a little bit). In the November issue of Scientific American, author and researcher Keith Oatley describes what reading fiction does for our minds and souls. (more…)