How are writing and empathy similar?

Well, when you write you are expressing your feelings, thoughts and experience. Let’s say you’re writing an story about someone you have to use empathy, put yourself in his/her shoe so you could narrate the story and understand it by their point of view. It’s basically the key to the story because the author gets connected with the character, with their way of thinking, their minds, their actions and everything.

What is the value of empathy?

Empathy has a value in different aspects. It lets you understand what a person might be going through and how they are seeing things different from someone else and you’ll be able to help that person. If someone is doing something you don’t quite understand or something you don’t like that’s when empathy is a good tool to keep peaceful environment.