Today we have ShetuAhmed10 with us on board. Let's check out her interview ;)
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1.) What is your name and age? (if you are comfortable telling us)
• My name is Shetu and I've turned 19, in December.
2.) How did you first land on wattpad?
• I was a big fan of Barrister Babu show, when "Heera-Mandi" track was running in the show, I got 12-13 indian friends in insta,(I am from Bangladesh), that time I used to read BB fanfiction in insta, then one of them suggested me wattpad to read books,and that's it I landed here!
3.) What made you want to start writing? What was your inspiration?
• This answer will be a little draggy, BB fans may relate with my answer so, when the show started, the preleap - golden of era of BB, somewhere we all fans had imagined how the show would be like after leap, how grown up Bondita will look like, her get up will be like Saudamini or Paro from Devdas or something different? How Anidita's love story will turn,how Anirudh would finally accept her as wife, stopping his "Zimmedari" chanting, how the devar- boudi's bonding will be like? I had imagined a lot about these things, but when the leap came, everything turned exactly opposite, I was like which BB it is, because nothing remained the same.And then a thought came into my mind? I can't change the storyline of the show, but I can create my own story, my own book, my own BB just like I always had imagined, inspired by my favourite movie "Hum sath sath hain!" so that's it I started writing in wattpad!
4.) From where do you get the ideas of your books?
• Well the answer is same as the answer of question 3 but I would like to add something more, as I said I got 12-13 indian friends in this fd, we all were in one group, we used to chat all the time, discuss about episodes and so on... And then we started doing role play of the characters of BB, Anirudh,Bondita, Som, BRC, their wives, inspired by "Hum sath sath hain!" movie. So sometimes I used to write script for scenes but most of the time we all used to do illogical funny drama, I mean any normal person would get mad hearing/reading our conversations, that was fun, we used to laugh the all freaking day... We used to do scenes exactly like how we used to imagine post leap BB, mostly on Family bonding and funny scenes. So, I decided to write on our own little family of Rtm.
5.) Which genre book are you currently writing? And what are the other genre that you wish to explore in future?
• My current book is on Family bonding + Funny + romance, Actually I've only written a book, "BarristerBabu: Pyaar Lafzo me kaha!" And I guess this would be the first and last book of my mine, then I can write os on the couples of my book!
6.) What will you advice to the aspiring, new writers?
• I'll say it’s actually quite impossible to write very good at the first time, so you should keep writing, because practice makes people better, so don't stop writing. Unless you write, you can't do better,you won't be able to know you mistakes. When I started writing first time, I did a lot of mistakes, even I am doing it now too. But the good thing is every day I am learning from my mistakes hence I tried to write better and better in every chapter.
7.) Which 5 books of Wattpad authors, do you love the most?
• 1. "Unventured Territory"
2. "Unventured Passion"
3. "Let me love you, Let me lose you too!"
4. "Tark"
5. "Khata."
Right now, my favourite book is "Unventured Passion" written by favourite writer AndieeSen21 (Oindrilla Di)... Well, I am addicted with this book.
8.)Do you pre-plan the things that you write e or it comes to you as you write the story?
• Actually no, I don't pre-plan anything... I just thought the storyline before starting to write the story and then I went with flow. Most of the time, I don't even know what should I write, but the good thing is, once I start writing the chapter, my mind automatically turns on and I keep going.
9.) What motivated you to start writing?
• This answer is easy, my friends, my "RTM"( Rishta Tera Mera) people! I wasn't sure I should write or not, what if I wouldn’t be able to pen down the emotions properly but they motivated me to start, I wasn’t even sure people will read this book or not, as the storyline was different from other books, there are three couples in my book,three brothers love story just like " Hum sath sath hain!" movie! You know when I don't feel like writing, they motivate me to write and they even say, "We'll kick you if you don't go to write now." That's actually funny. So I would like to thank my RTM people to be there for me always❤️
10.) What are the challenges that you face while writing?
• The first challenge was the languages, (English + Hindi).. English is my second language but hindi is not my language, I just know hindi because of watching indian movies and series from my childhood, so I found difficulties in so many hindi words pronunciation. And then biggest challenge was, portraying three of the couples,as there are six leads, their scenes space maintaining was very difficult, because if any problem seems in one couple, then other couple's scenes get affected too as they are family, other couples can't spend happy moment if one of the couples are sad or in sorrow.
11.) How do you feel and what do you do when readers criticize you or your work?
• Alhamdulillah I didn’t face any criticism till now but when I was new in this field, one my readers said that I was biased to one particular couple, although most of my readers give compliments that I am giving three of the couple's scenes unbiasedly, that time I was literally hurt because only I know how I was maintaining three couples scenes, yes I know sometimes, it happens like one couple's scene gets long or one couple's scene gets less because it's not actually possible in every chapter to write same words of scene for three of couples, not for me at least. So I just told that reader, "I am sorry if you think like that,I try to justify three of the couples but if my work is not satisfying you then please ignore the book!" That's it. And I know, not everyone will like my work and that's completely okay because there are so many lovely readers of mine who are showering love and that's all for me.
12.) Do you write secretly? Or does your family knows? If yes, then how do they feel about it?
• I write secretly, they don't know about it.
13.) Wanna ask or say anything to your readers?
• I want to say all of readers, thank you so much from bottom of my heart,kidney,lungs(lmao) every parts of my body and soul, I've never even imagined people would love my book but the way you guys responded I was and I am really touched. Keep showering your love on my book like this guys and keep me in your prayers. May Allah bless you all❤️
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