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Lance Umenhofer
It’s funny how little is
planned when I sit down to write. I
imagine most authors having notebooks, maybe multiple, of ideas and plot points
and character sheets for their novels, and when they sit down to write, they
compile all of their ideas into paragraph form, having every intention to make
their ways to the final climaxes planned out months, maybe years before.
But, through the years,
it’s seemed that the more and more I plan out a piece or have a vivid picture
of where the story is going or who the characters are, the more and more I
stray from it. I do not like to write
within constrictions, even if the constrictions are made by myself. For instance, in And the Soft Wind Blows, I wanted Roxie to be Timmy’s saving
grace. Without giving too much away, I
wanted Timmy to take Roxie in his arms, swing her back, and tell her it would
all be O.K., to run away with him to California
There’s something about
the infinite opportunity of the blinking, black cursor that totally enthralls
me. I stare at it and consider my
options, though most times the words take over, and I am left without a say as
to which direction the story goes. My
words come out of me as if I were only but an intermediary between their will
and their lives on the page. As I type
away, my notebook lies untouched to my side, and I find myself going through it
and crossing out things and rewriting other things to make them fit into the
parameters I’ve set through the fervent onset of words filling up my screen. This onset, combatting the enveloping shroud
of infinity, continues until I feel with every ounce of me to stop, and let it sit, and let the story
be complete.
You can buy my new book, And the Soft Wind Blows, at: http://www.lanceumenhofer.com/buy-the-book.html
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