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Hopefully, quite a bit, at least in terms of inciting curiosity. Once I had settled on the character name of Ruth Winters and a story about a moment of transition in her life, the combination of her name and the word “autumn”—both the name of a season—seemed to hit a certain sweet spot. It felt a lot more on-target than my first seasonal impulse, which was “The Fall of Ruth Winters.” Oops, too many unintended meanings possible with that one.
What's in a name?
Again, quite a bit, more than I even initially thought. Ruth struck me as an old-fashioned name with a no-nonsense feel. It wasn’t until later, when...[read on]
My Book, The Movie: The Autumn of Ruth Winters.
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