Lit Up With Green Flame: Reading Fiction is Reading Minds

20/08/2025 15 min

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Imagine I told you that there's an activity that increases a child's empathy, whilst enriching their job prospects and life satisfaction, and that this same activity can even positively influence their earnings later in life. Most parents would want to sign them up straight away.Listen in to this week's Lit Up With Green Flame to learn more about this incredible activity and to see how it can also help you improve your writing.The Linktree (hub of all things Green Flame)"The Link between Childhood Reading Skills and Adult Outcomes: Analysis of a Cohort of British Children", Crawford & Cribb, The Institute for Fiscal Studies, April 2015Dodell-Feder & Tamir 2018, you can find a link to this paper hereThis Times article takes a closer look at story-driven therapy techniques. You can read that piece here.You can also click this link for details about my free author talks and writing workshops, as well as contact details