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iamloid

Uy, we have a treat for you. Put your hands together for iamloid! An award-winning writer, poet, and writer of My Ampalaya Story and Twilight Dreams! Join us as Loid takes us down to memory lane on how he discovered Wattpad and so much more.

1. Kailan ba dapat isuko ang pangarap sa pagsusulat? 

-Anumang pangarap ay hindi dapat sinusukuan, bagkus gagawaan ng paraan para makamit ito. Kahit mahirap. Kahit mukhang imposible. Kahit na parang hindi na ito ang focus mo ngayon.

2. Ano ang bagay na nagmomotivate sa iyo para ikaw ay magsulat? 

-Si God, pamilya, kaibigan at iyong special someone ko, sila iyong nagpapa-motivate sa akin na magsulat. May mga hatid kasi silang kuwento at aral sa akin lagi, e.

3. Kapag ikaw ay nakaranas ng writer's block, ano ang iyong ginagawa? 

-Kapag may writer's block ako, ginagawa ko iyong sign para mag-take a break. Magbabasa ako ng mga libro. Makikinig ng musika. Manunuod sa YouTube o ng mga pelikula. Maglalaro ng Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. Gagawa ako ng mga bagay na makapag-e-entertain sa akin dahil naniniwala akong sa tamang entertainment nakakapagpahinga ako and at the same time nakapupulot ako ng ideas somewhere between those entertainment activities.

4. Take us to that time na una mong nalaman na gusto mong magsulat? 

-Una sa aking nag-sink in na pagsusulat ang isa sa mga papangarapin kong gawin lagi noong nagkaroon ako ng 1 million reads sa aking nobela. 

5. Ano ang masasabi mo sa mga taong nais na magsulat pero nahihiya dahil takot sila na baka mabash lang sila? 

-Kung magsusulat ka, kailangan mo ng maraming lagok ng tapang at lakas ng loob. Kailangan mo rin ng kapal ng mukha para magbahagi ng ideya at kuwento mo. Sumulat ka para sa iba at sa sarili mo. Ibahagi mo nang may katapangan ang iyong sarili sa mga mambabasa gamit ng mga prosa at tula.

6. How did you discover Wattpad? 

-I discovered Wattpad when I was Grade 8 because it was so popular in our classroom. Most of my friends and classmates are using Wattpad and kept on urging me to become a member. I joined Wattpad out of boredom in one stormy afternoon. Classes are suspended and I have nothing else to do, so I decided to read some Wattpad stories and later on, write some. 

7. What's the secret behind your success? 

-I am not considering myself successful yet. Lol! However, if people would see me as successful because I have self and trad-pub books, almost 10k followers and writing awards that's fine. I am not really that successful because I'm still on my way to achieve my purpose in writing. Although, I can share some of my 'secrets' with my little victories. My 'secrets' would be intense passion and patience. I started writing as a Grade 8 student. I just wrote whatever my experience and feeling that time. I pour out my love in this craft through reading more books and joining workshops. My intense passion leads me to patience as I have learned and practice to try something new in writing and always wait for its outcome. It may be good or bad, it's still okay with me because at the end of the day, I can still recall my experience in that process.

8. Sa lahat ng sinulat mo, alin sa mga iyon ang pinaka-paborito mo at bakit? 

-8-9 My all-time favourite will be My Ampalaya trilogy (My Ampalaya Story, My Ampalaya Revenge & My Ampalaya Ending). Although, I didn't managed to self-pub this and consistently work on it, it is still my favourite that I wanna share with everyone. The writing and plot may not be that polished enough; however, this trilogy brought me lots of readers and friends. Aside from that, amongst all of my works, this is the only work that is almost has a purely personal connection in me.

9. Ibahagi sa amin at iyong mga fans ang iyong pinaka paboritong sariling akda and tell us why we should read it. 

-8-9My all-time favourite will be My Ampalaya trilogy (My Ampalaya Story, My Ampalaya Revenge & My Ampalaya Ending). Although, I didn't managed to self-pub this and consistently work on it, it is still my favourite that I wanna share with everyone. The writing and plot may not be that polished enough; however, this trilogy brought me lots of readers and friends. Aside from that, amongst all of my works, this is the only work that is almost has a purely personal connection in me.

10. Meron ka bang mensahe para sa iyong mga readers?

-To my readers (which I all consider as my friends, too!) I would like to express my sincerest gratitude with all of your support and effort. Reading my work/s really means a lot to me, what more if giving it a vote and comment? I truly appreciate you all and I hope that you still kept on believing in me. God Bless us all! Padayon!