Growing as a Writer: Listening

writing-emma:

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. —Stephen R. Covey

The above quote was posted on Online Counseling College, and it made me stop and think for a moment. I believe most writers have a desire to create realistic characters, and most of us do this by learning how people are through interaction (or research, but that’s another post). How many of us really, though, take the time to absorb and look around at the people around us?

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