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S39E7 – Understanding Psychic Distance for Your Writing

S39E7 – Understanding Psychic Distance for Your Writing

Writing Roots

January 23, 202311m 49s

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Show Notes

Psychic distance is a useful tool to understand in order to improve your writing in a way that will help the reader connect with the story. After all, that’s the basis of this concept.

According to John Gardner in his book The Art of Fiction, psychic distance is the “distance that the reader feels between [themselves] and the events of the story.” The closer the reader feels, the more invested they will be in the story’s ending. We break down psychic distance, how it relates to POV, and why it’s important to understand.

First aired January 23, 2023.

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