Meeting With An Editor

My Interview with Farah Magazine

“What made you write?”

Wise people say, when you can't find the book you wanted to read, just write it. All of the books I wrote or the articles I published were ideas that no one else talked about the way I wanted. Plus, I'm a reader. When you are a committed reader, you will be full of ideas, and your knowledge will broaden, and eventually, you will tend to analyze, comment, or criticize what you read. Writing gives you this privilege. Reading allows you to reach greater thinkers' minds and live their experiences, and if you are a loyal reader, you will learn how to go through what they have been through but with wisdom and knowledge that these thinkers didn't have. Writing allows you to say what you could have done better. Or how you see things for yourself. Writing gives you a space to reflect and leave a legacy or a message for someone who really needs to hear it. People transmit their knowledge and share real-life experiences through writings.

“What do you like about writing books?”

Two things: 

1 - I admire the spirit of teamwork. Writing Books allows me to collaborate with different talents to deliver the final product. I work with an illustrator, a graphic designer, an editor, and a publisher, and sometimes I collaborate with many illustrators or photographers to get it done.

2 - I love reading people's emotions and feelings through how they react to my writings. When I write something, and I see someone moved by it, it brings me delight. When I write something that impacts someone positively, I feel that I can make so much change in people's lives and this kind of success is eternal, huge, and priceless!

“Why have you chosen the target audience?”

Writers wear many hats. Writers can write to many types of audiences and write on many topics. However, the most impactful writings are the truest as you write from the heart. Your writing doesn't have to be something you have gone through personally. It can be something you have learned from someone important to you, or it can be something that touched your heart, and you wanted to share the experience or something no one else wrote about it the way it should be. Or it could be something that impacted someone so deeply to the point that they were so hurt to speak up. Hence, writing is mandatory in this case.

“What do you recommend for kids who want to write?”

I like reading a lot. Reading will keep your ideas flowing. I suggest going out for a walk regularly. Also, hiking is encouraged. Writing is a talent that can be a way to earn a living if you're lucky, or it can be the cave you go to when life is hard. Either way, writing is a talent, and every talent is God's blessing. See your talent as a blessing.