When Fiction Becomes Reality
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To save himself, Rainey tells Shooter, “You don't exist.’" Shooter answers: “I
exist, Mr. Rainey. I exist because you made me. You thought me up. Gave me
my name. Told me everything you wanted me to do. I did them things so you
wouldn’t have to.”
Writers create characters who do "‘them things” so they don’t have to.
They live vicariously through their creations and allow their rea FW'2F