7 Benefits of Reading Fiction
Proof Reading-The In "Audible" Art FormIf you are a writer of an ebook you definitely get others to proof-read your work, right' Is proof-reading one of those tasks that if you had the option you ..... Is your life so busy you're wondering how you are going to find time to read more, especially when it's just for 'pleasure'' Having trouble justifying it, even to yourself' Leisure activities like reading are often the things that slide when life goes into overdrive. And that's sad because it's an activity that can make life richer and more enjoyable.
A lot has been written about the benefits of reading for and to children. However, there is very little about the benefits to adults in engaging in regular reading. Let me assure you that the benefits for adults do exist and are many and varied.
Some of these include:
1. Providing an escape from the day-to-day Fiction is a great way to take a quick immediate break, to be instantly transported into another world. Today you could be in America, in the deep south with Alice Walker's 'The Colour Purple', tomorrow in the Australian bush with Tim Winton's 'Dirt Music', next week in downtown London with Helen Fielding's 'Bridget Jones Diary' and next month in Ireland with Jim O'Neill's 'At Swim, Two Boys'. There is no limit to the places fiction can take you.
2. Relaxation There is something about stopping to focus on words arranged for our reading pleasure that is instantly relaxing. Maybe it's staying still, something that doesn't seem to happen often enough. Maybe it's knowing that we are stepping into a secret world that we have to relax enough to enter. Then there is the words themselves. The beauty and rhythm of language has the ability to calm and relax us.
3. Stress relief Taking your mind off your own problems, even for a few minutes, can have a therapeutic effect and be a timely circuit breaker. This is so effective that the National Health System in the United Kingdom has introduced a 'Reading and You Scheme'. The scheme encourages mental health patients to read more as part of their therapy for reducing stress and overcoming anxiety, depression and social isolation.
4. Stimulates the right side of your brain Reading opens your mind to new possibilities. It stretches your imagination in new and wonderful directions and takes your mind on a wonderful journey through others' lives. What would you do if you were Jo Becker in 'While I Was Gone' by Sue Miller' Would you tell your husband and three daughters about a grisly crime that happened when you were a university student' Or would you try to pretend it never happened'
5. Entertaining ......
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