He draws and fires in one continuous movement, the action a blur even at twenty-four frames per second, and his opponent drops to one knee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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He fires.<\/p>\n
Stinky Jim drops.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
When asked to cram the past month or so’s work into a freaking convenient one- or two-pager, my first impulse is to shriek, You wanna synopsis<\/strong>?<\/em>, snatching up any sort of writing surface – a book, a piece of paper scrap, the applicant’s forehead – and scrawling out –<\/p>\n\n
One man’s journey of self-discovery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
I never act on my impulse because, upon being asked, I immediately and automatically answer: A synopsis? Sure!<\/em><\/p>\n… Sigh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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