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Do-Overs: The Bad Guy Has a Moment
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Do-Overs: The Bad Guy Has a Moment

ByHeather Scott Partington

Complicated bad guys are nothing new. There’s something delicious about complex entertainment; we’re able to envision ourselves in the shoes of the antihero and exact revenge or serve righteous justice, but we’re also able to vicariously live through their actions that lie outside the boundaries of acceptable behavior. When it comes to our villains, we…

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I Have a Favor to Ask

ByRebecca Makkai

Is there anything more head-smackingly awkward than asking favors of other writers? You might never have experienced writer’s block in your life, but sit down to compose a 200-word email to the friend you need something from, and find yourself twelve hours later with nothing but a vacuumed carpet. And yet it’s totally necessary. And…