Hi, babies :) 

This is me your author/friend Jemimah James, fairly known as Jemi <3 

I have tried to answer all your queries and curiosities to the best of my ability. I hope you find it interesting and fun. 

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Let's begin the Q/A then :)

Q|  How did I conceptualized the story of Dreams Woven Beautifully ?

Ans| So this is a Five year old story. I was in my 11th grade when I first entered the world of Wattpad. One fine day, my Twitter Sid - Alia shipper friends encouraged me to write fanfiction on our ship ie Sidlia. So I thought of trying my hand. I first wrote 10 chapters of this book in a rough notebook and later on published it before taking suggestions and review from close friends and class mates. 

In my head, there are these scenarios constantly on loop where I play Alia Bhatt and almost everyone in her life keep making their appearances with some special cameos as well (ppl I get obsessed with at times). Well I am not normal that way so yeah :D Therefore when I used to be at my peak shipping mode for Sidlia, I used to imagine them in certain moments/scenarios which then I tried to inculcate in this book. 

I knew that if I write a book on them or on Alia, it has to be on her personal life cause I dream more about that phase. And therefore my book looks kinda real and so does the scenes.

Q|  Your writing process.

Ans| Except the first 10 chapters of this book that I actually sat down to draft elsewhere, the rest of the chapters in this book are all a result of spontaneous imagination. I plop in front of my laptop and open my said book screen where I need to draft. Like a breeze, thoughts and creativity washes over me and I keep writing them until I feel I've got what I want. And in most cases, I barely need to edit the same cause it flows very crisp and clear. 

Days when it doesn't comes to me easily, I go through what we all call a writer's block and in my case it sometimes can extent up to months. 

Q| Any regrets regarding the book ?

Ans| Well I do have regrets on my part. I mean around 30-40 % of my story line contains dragged scenarios that just went too far to be held back. I was still in my learning process and given my immaturity, I made a lot of mistakes in this book. But that's how you learn. You learn from your first kid and get better with your next one. Exactly what I did. So yes I do regret making some of those silly mistakes. Initial chapters are too short in length and when you reach midway into my book you'll know the limits I can go to express my thoughts. 

Q| Best part about your book.

Ans| Other than the fact that I wrote it ? xD

Jokes apart, the best thing about DWB is the arch. Be it of character's personality, emotional stability, maturity, relationship or of the author's own progress in terms of her work. It just came through. I never felt like I had to give in too much. Everything just naturally fell into place. Like it should.

Sidharth from Chapter 1 isn't the same Sidharth towards the end. Sid and Alia debut as literal babies in the book and leave or say graduate as two mature, super strong individuals and couple. My other most favourite transformation would be of The Gang, especially of Ranveer! I wanted to experiment and see if I could make the readers fall for a character other than the obvious protagonists for whom they've thronged for. It worked in case of Rannu! 

His success as a character would always be special to my heart. I hope I was able to bring out just the right amount of chunk, comic relief into this world through him. 

As a writer, I am proud of who they've become under my pen. So am I of my own personal journey of being their creator. 

Q| Why did the book took 5 years to be completed ?

Ans|   *sighs* 

Yes, it did took 5 years to be completed. But that wasn't a conscious decision. It just happened that way. Like I already said, I began writing this book in my 11th grade so naturally, this book voyaged with me as I stepped from my school life to college and then completing three years of Bachelor's (this year itself)! I had a hard time balancing between work, life and everything in between. There were millions of delay and a lot of honest apologizing to my readers.

But thanks to their understanding nature, they stood with me through thick and thin. Like a family we sojourned through these five years. Saw their entire journey through my eyes and that for me is a big precious memory! 

Q| Your favourite chapter (s) ?

Ans| I AM EXTREMELY critical of my own work. Be it my music, writing, speaking or just myself in general. We as human are like that except few gifted individuals who are born with a confidence halo behind their head. I am learning to trust and believe in myself, to be in love with myself. 

So far I think I love my obvious transformative 'quality chapters' ie from Chapter 41 (Under the Stars) onwards ..! The readers get to see a more matured writing and plotline. I personally found writing Chapter 44 (Drug effects) and Chapter 59 (Time to say goodbye), the hardest! While the former had to display intense emotional psyche of an actor who has to live through traumatic characters and lives, the latter was all about cloaking our 'suspense'! 

But I thoroughly enjoyed writing both these chapters mainly because of the way they pushed my limits. I have a very beautiful emotional sensitivity within me but translating that into words is the real deal. So far those two and everything that came after Ch 41, have my complete heart! Our book really got that aesthetic value and a much needed qualitative punch hence. 

Q| How did you came up with the book title ?

Ans| I remember picking a very random idea in my head of dreams coming true. Of magical endings and beautiful relationships. And I ended up naming this book 'Dreams Woven Beautifully and Intricately'! It was  long ass but nevertheless quite sophisticated and aesthetic. I played with the idea of how we weave cloths, designs very intricately and in a similar way dreams are woven into the universe.

But for the longest time neither was I showing sign of ANY dream coming true within my story nor was I doing justice to the title. Plus the book name was too huge for our sanity. Therefore I crunched it up to Dreams Woven Beautifully, with the synonym DWB ! But with some fortune or say universe wanting it, the story fell into place just like a dream woven beautifully. I named it without thinking much into it but then the title truly became the soul of my story unconsciously. 

You'll agree with me if you've read the book. Theirs was a subtle dream, dormant throughout their lives until love sparked and the seed of friendship grew, withstanding all odds to finally weave their magical dream into what it finally became!

So in a way I'm proud of myself for choosing that random title ;)

Q| Ever had thoughts on giving up on this book ?

Ans| - Yes, absolutely! I have even mentioned it in my Note sections and also in a separate chapter update just for that purpose. It has happened countless times. More so when there was a 'Shipper's Breakdown' within the Sidlia family (per se on Twitter), when Sid fans began hating/slut shaming Alia for xyz trash imaginary reason they could pick whereas Alia fans obviously fought with Sidians for the above reason. 

It was a hard phase and I hated being at the epi center of it. I couldn't stay neutral anymore cause Alia was being targeted for something that I truly believe wasn't her fault! Though the true reason behind the break up will remain a mystery (I do believe it had something major to do with Sid-Jacqueline collab & things went downhill), I just hope they are happy in whatever forms they be existing. 

I had all the reason to quit writing this book and the Short story on them. I really was going to. But after cooling off my head and reading all your comments, I decided not to. This book is an alternative universe door for a lot of old loyal shippers and therefore it deserves to stay that way! I am happy I could complete it with the respect and dignity it truly deserves. 

Q| Are you still a Sidlia-n stan ?

Ans| My biggest virtue is my honesty and hence I won't lie. 

Sidharth and Alia taught me the essence of shipping two people, defending them, loving them unconditionally with all your heart, wanting the best for them. For that reason, they'll always have a special corner of my heart. But life moves on, so do you. I then had a breakthrough obsession with Ranbir-Alia (was always alive at the back of my head but then it all came true at a time when I WAS THE ONLY FAN ACCOUNT ADMIN OF RANLIA EVEN BEFORE THEY DATED, I was overjoyed). It will always remain and sail through whatever storms. 

For personal reasons, I have decided to stop fangirling life/ handling fan pages etc forever! Therefore you could say I had to say goodbye to Ranlia as well ! But tbh, for me I think loving Sid and Alia individually will be the only way I could do justice to my once crazy shipper! I respect and adore them and will always want the best for them - professionally and personally. As of now, I've heard from a very close source that Sidlia are back to being friends like before. Ranbir had a major role to play wherein he asked her to amend her relationship with him and be like the trio they were!

You have no idea how crazy proud I am to hear that! Acc to a veryyy close source, (shhh, keep it to yourself only, yes, you twitter gossip stans ;), Sidlia might even reunite for a film under Dharma, pretty soon <3 S like they say All's well that end's well. I never wanted a breakup for them but it happened. And then I wanted them to be friends like before and yas, it did!

So we can now pray and wish the best for them. May they stay the beautiful soul mate friends that they were destined to be! 

ps : yesterday after yearssssss, I actually watched an old sidlia promotional iv on Youtube and it did made my heart beat like it used to! Hail to that feeling never dead xoxo

Q| How do you feel as the journey comes to an end ?

Ans| Being the author of Dreams Woven Beautifully was, is and always will be an honour. It pains my heart to end this magical universe but it will always be my biggest pride. I had so much fun crafting this universe for you guys, breathing life into this space. Will thoroughly miss the madness but it for the best. I hope all of us can come back to this book (again and again) and rekindle our old days of joy and craze, revisiting those precious memories endlessly. 

Will give a proper editing to this one soon. But for now this is the end. I might do a Final Author's Note and yeah, that would be it.

To my most favourite child, I love you! 

To my loveliest and most patience filled audience/readers/fans/friends, I loveeeee youu! 

For making my dream come true and for being the wind beneath my wings, I'll forever be grateful to each one of you. 

Dreams never end and so does our book <3