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INTERVIEW with @soulfulSAZ

Hello peeps!🖐

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu!☺

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So are you all ready to meet with our Today's guest of Let's Grab a Coffee☕ and Chat.

Interviewer: aiieeshaaadfff

And please welcome the Most Fabulous and Hard Working Author soulfulSAZ 🤝

So yeah let's get started😚🤞

🎤INTRODUCTION

Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu!! My name is -wait! Lemme just hide behind a curtain- *saying sheepishly* Sarah. I am an old soul from India. Currently I am just lazying around at my home. And believe me, I am too old for doing just that. Lol.

🎤What inspired you to start writing?

Umm.. I loved reading stories since I was a child, (well As far as I can remember), and while reading them I always used to make my own plots in my head with the same characters or just liked to predict the ending with various variations. I guess that was my head start, and I never really did it until I came across Wattpad.

🎤When did you start writing?

When I was in college,haha.. too late I know. But that's when I came to know that there was a platform as wattpad that existed. The rest is history ;)

🎤Have you always wanted to be a writer?

Not really. In fact I never really thought about it. I always fancied writing articles or stories though. But I never gave it a thought. Now though, I want to be one, one day Inn Shaa Allah.

🎤What comes first the plot or the Characters?

Sometimes it's the plot, sometimes it's the characters and sometimes they both are aligned. Its mostly the plot though and it comes to me whenever I am reading a story or watching a movie or any show and then create my own plot.
Also most of the times the plot comes from a real life situation or real life characters.

🎤What is the most difficult part about writing for you?

There are two things. First and the most important is when writing about Islam- the information, facts or any dua, or any kind of dawah I am giving through my book. Its not about writing them, its the constant nagging feeling that whether what I am writing is correct and authentic. Of course I check it from the sources, but, to be honest, I am no scholar, and I fear I'd portray something which is not right.
Second, which I am sure is the difficult part with every writer- the ominous writer's block. And believe me it stops me from writing for months and keeps my readers hanging. Pheww..

🎤When you're writing an Emotional, Sad, Romantic scene,how did you get in the mood?

When I am writing an emotional or sad scene, I mostly put myself in the characters shoes, and voila, even before the character cries in the scene, I find myself crying.
As for the romantic scene, (No I don't imagine myself in the characters shoes *Hiding behind my palms) I just imagine the scene and place the characters in that scene.

🎤What was your most favorite part and least favorite part of the publishing Journey?

The likes, the amazing comments and most importantly the personal messages my dear readers send me to appreciate the book, Alhumdulillah, are absolutely, undoubtedly the most lovable part of the publishing journey. I never had the slightest of idea in the beginning that I would be showered with so much of love. I am blessed to be sure, Alhumdulillah.
About the least favourite part, umm... what I don't like a bit, just a teeny weeny bit, is when people follow, and then unfollow. It does faze me a little initially, but then I get over it and remind myself that there is hikmah behind everything.