The Writers’ Burden: Fiction to Make the World Better

The writers’ burden is learning how to make the world better through their writing. Jill S. Flateland is one such author supporting South Sudan’s reconstruction through fiction. In a world grappling with a hundred thousand complexities, the question of how one can make a difference looms large. While activism and policy changes are often the basis for tangible solutions, there’s a powerful force that writers and creatives can take advantage of. And that is fiction. The stories we tell, and the worlds we create have the potential to do a lot of things. For a growing number of writers, fiction is not only a means to express one’s self and entertain readers but a tool for the social good…