Writing well is the best revenge.

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Writing well is the best revenge. Auctioning the rights to name a character in an author's next book seems to be quite common. In fact, there's even a word for using a real-life person's name in an original story: Tuckerisation. Most people see it as a wonderful opportunity to have their own name, or that of their nearest and dearest, immortalised in a great work of fiction.  Me, I'd rather use it for payback. The kid in school who gave you an awful nickname, the ex who broke your heart, the boss who made your life hell: wouldn't it be great to see the names of these jerks go down in literary history as, say, weak-chinned villains with visible dandruff who get eaten by piranhas at the end? If you're very lucky, your victim's name will, like Uriah Heep or Caspar Milquetoast, enter the language and become forever synonymous with the lousy qualities you ascribe to them. Of course, one could instead work through one's issues, learn to forgive and move on like a sensible adult. One could. Writers, name your price. More