Representing other minds is an immemorial and growing requirement of imaginative fiction.

Evidence

The “appropriation” and representation of other minds is, and will become increasingly, the business of writers seeking to imagine their truth. Yet the questions will continue to be asked and the charge of appropriation raised until that mythic future in which the experience of all people is shared and equal. — Janet Burroway; Elizabeth Stuckey-French; Ned Stuckey-French, Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition, 576

Categorization

• SEED: A balanced stance on cultural appropriation grounded in craft that could anchor an essay on free imagination vs. cultural theft.
• XREF: connects to: Literature allows us to explore our thoughts and those of others. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 287; Fictional characters can develop an autonomous emotional reality during creation — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 177; Twentieth-century serious fiction turned inward toward the psychological (+2 more)

Related

• Twentieth-century serious fiction turned inward toward the psychological (similarity 0.79)
• Writers should draw from diverse experiences when crafting books. (similarity 0.79)
• Novelists must look both inward and outward at once (similarity 0.78)
• Literature allows us to explore our thoughts and those of others. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Literature allows us to explore our thoughts and those of others. #corroborates (0.80) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 287
• A writer can render another’s character through the physical rhythm of their actions #exemplifies (0.75) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 58
• Novelists must look both inward and outward at once #expands (0.60) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1017
• Fictional characters can develop an autonomous emotional reality during creation #expands (0.55) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 177
• Twentieth-century serious fiction turned inward toward the psychological #corroborates (0.50)