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C.M. Subasic

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in Toronto, Canada

March 15

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Do you remember that burning, itching feeling of youth? The feeling that you need to create something… special?

At fourteen, I took that feeling and wrote a sequel to the movie Stars Wars. I sent the manuscript down to 20th Century Fox. And so, my first rejection letter was pretty fancy. Luke Skywalker stood in the centre of a circle, holding a light sabre toward the sky.

These days, in addition to my own writing projects, I work with writers as a substantive editor or dramaturge. Together, we’re on a quest to answer a seemingly simple question: What really is this story do you want to write?

What does it its essence? Why should anyone care?

This process is like an unveiling, as little bit by bit, the story takes shape.

I currently live in Fenel ...more

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“The sane genius transforms everything that might disturb us, "the wildest dreams," into something that is familiar and reassuring. It is his artfulness that makes us feel at home; it is the weak writer who makes us feel estranged, or baffled, or lost.”
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“There is plenty of time to sleep in the grave”
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“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
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