"Story outlines are useless to me. I pen them in good faith. But however daring and clever, an outline only controls one character, usually less than a week or two --- which is enough to belt out the first chapter. From there, the story takes off on its own, surprising me with situations and personalities over which I have no direct control. Fiction has its own agenda, it's own mad logic of dramatic necessity. All I do is show up to write about it. The story follows me to the kitchen, to the driveway, to a sunset or the night sky. Quality doesn't matter much, nor hope. The essence of the issue is a blank page and the willingness to go naked in public. As far as I know, Victor Hugo already beat me hands down. What remains is a precious window of courage, to let it happen and let it be." [Wolf DeVoon, G21 World Magazine, Feb 2000]