Ask the Author: C.M. Subasic
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C.M. Subasic
If I have writer's block I'm not looking in the right direction. I write in long form, rather than on the computer, I look out windows, I read. What proves most useful is asking questions such as "what's really going on, what do I really want to communicate?" I look at the relationships between characters: what does each of them want? A combination of these strategies usually breaks the dam.
C.M. Subasic
Creating something out of nothing. It's like magic. Then to inspire others... nothing like it.
C.M. Subasic
Read. Write. Read books about writing. Read the works-in-progress of other writers. Why? For the reader, a book should be a seamless journey. You can't avoid bumps unless you see them. It's only in viewing the struggles of others that you can see them in your own work and learn how to correct them.
C.M. Subasic
The How Novel tour of the band is taking up quite a bit of my time. It is a sequel to the book in serial format. (Check it out on Medium.) I'm also working on a storybook for children and a play about Edward Snowden, Marshall McLuhan and privacy issues.
C.M. Subasic
I look to the kernel of something I'm struggling with that I believe is universal. Then I play with it until something pings. I try to look at it from all directions and if it stays with me, I write about it.
C.M. Subasic
I was reading manuscripts for Hill Street Press in Athens while also learning about the town and the music scene. It is a truly magical place. Well, as I was reading book after book, looking for "stories about the South," I noticed one book was missing: a book about a band in Athens. So, I started to write it.
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