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Beyond One-Note Nastiness: On Getting Inside the Head of a Despicable Character

Ed Park Can’t Stop Thinking About Zabar’s Strudel

The Likability Trap: Why We Need More "Nasty" Female Protagonists

On Morals, Ethics, and Writing a Novel Inspired by a Story Ripped-From-the-Headlines

How Curtis Sittenfeld's "American Wife" Imbues Even Its Ugliest Characters with Nuance

Crafting from of a Creator's Rib: Nicola Dinan on Writing Characters Based on Herself

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