Katty_Yazzy presents behind the scenes of THE PRINCE OF HEARTS

Assalaamualaikum or peace be upon all the beautiful souls of wattpad.

Or you can even consider my complicated greeting as a simple 'hi'.

I am Yasmeen and to those who know me as 'Ruqsaar' , they might have to take a minute and let this sink in .

Because my real name — irrespective of my preference — is YASMEEN .

I apologize sincerely for such a revelation .

I have always hesitated in revealing my identity to the world . I feel like it could pull me into some sort of unwanted trouble .

However a few days back , my mother — very seriously — told me that I was being paranoid as always and that I had to come out of my bubble in order to be stronger and independent .

Why did I go with a fake name ?

Simple . I'm not fond of my real name at all . And for security reasons as well .

But something happened the other day I had sat down to complete this interview .

My mother had been keeping a close watch over what I was writing from over my shoulder .

When I jotted down the name Ruqsaar , she immediately snatched my phone and gave me a serious look .

Her words were ,"Your name may not be the most beautiful . Although that's what you feel . Nobody ever said your name was weird or odd . Infact a lot of the people around you compliment on how elegantly it matches your personality . Remember , that there's a reason behind whatever is going on with you and will happen later on . During all times , make sure to understand that there will be a little clue that will lead you to the answer of who you are . Make sure to not overlook it . Remember you cannot follow your dream to be a role model if you cannot accept yourself or anything related to you ."

And that's what I've realized to pursue.

I'm determined to start appreciating who I am and love everything about myself .

I've also understood that I don't want people to just hear my name and ponder over how pretty / odd it is . Rather , I want them to hear my name and immediately recall the person I came of as to them .

I want to be someone who'd be worth remembering .

AND SO SHOULD YOU BE !

Learn to accept the distinctive way God has shaped you in . What he sees and knows is far more accurate than what you can know about yourself . Give your differences a chance to prove at how precious and beautifully carved they are .

LEARN TO BE 'YOU' .

By the way , to those of you who don't know me , don't bother with all of that confusion . Just know that I'm Yasmeen .

With that being said , let's proceed . ❤ .

HI AND WELCOME ON BOARD FLIGHT TPOH-56 . ❤ .

I wholeheartedly hope that you'll sit back and relax as I narrate some rather peculiar 'bts' moments from the flight's most interesting destinations .

1 . Writing as a 'serious' task .

I belong to one of those groups of people who cannot seem to stick to any hobby as such .

Either it gets too tedious overtime or I just end up loosing my interest .

So when I discovered wattpad and kept writing for days and days together , I had a feeling that a miracle had occured .

My mother was ecstatic too , to finally find me doing something rather productive than just roll about the bed like pandas .

Anyhow , I absolutely fell in love with writing.

And I still continue to fall for it every time .

Other than that , I also discovered that I love sketching , indulging into perfecting the art of henna application and baking to an extent .

So , yay for that ! ❤

2 . Stereotypical.....or not ?

When I first started exploring wattpad in terms of understanding my likes and dislikes , there came a time where I gave up .

Of course now that was undeniably stupid and judgemental of me . Because I started to soon come across books that were realistically approachable or let's say they suited my taste .

Hence, I had formed an opinion on what stood out to me and I had made up my mind that no matter what , I wanted to put my focus on one thing only.

TO BE DIFFERENT .

Although I'd agree that this book that I'm currently writing does not come IN TERMS WITH MY GOALS.

But then again , please please do look forward to my other books since you might be quite surprised with what they behold .

3 . Starting off .

It was quite time consuming than what I had initially calculated . It paved way to a lot of conflict from my family . Let's be honest , my father still is unaware of all this .

Of course , in a way , that did affect me . To the point that I had given up for a while before coming back as an active writer .

I needed time to prioritize my preferences and to list down my views. Once I was sure that writing was the one thing I heartfully loved , it didn't take me long to come back !

4. The Prince of Hearts .

The title is so cliché that I sometimes bang my head on the wall.

I'm often left pondering over how certain readers of mine find the title interesting . Is that bad ?

It all started when one of my friends said that she would love to read my take on a typical romantic novel . It didn't cross my mind then and I had very casually brushed the topic off . Later on , however , I decided to actually do something like that and Surprise her .

And to be honest , I ended up surprising quite a lot of people .

Although the book is specially designed to be Spiritual novel , it still has what a book wouldn't incorporate all at once .

It's a mixture of majority genres .

Atleast that's what a reader of mine conveyed to me .

Don't kill me if that's not how it is. ;) .

5 . The inspiration

First off , I had stamped a virtual seal in my head that this book of mine would have a Prince at any cost .

I have seen so so many bad boys and CEOs rule over wattpad that it's very unfair to the Princes .

And I've always strived for justice.

No offense to ANYONE AT ALL , but I find the idea of bad boys and CEOs absolutely hideous . It's fictional and imaginery Which I'm very well aware of alongwith the fact that everyone has specific likings and preferences . I do respect that , but the idea behind it seems too boring .

I've been on wattpad for over a year and I have encountered enough millionaire / bad boy books to last me a lifetime .

Billionaire's hijabi , millionaire's niqaabi , CEOs bad boy , bad boy's hijabi , millionaire's dancing hijabi and the list goes on . If you're someone who's smart and logical , you'll come to a conclusion that none of these books — although put into the spiritual category — talk about any religion at all for most of the times !

It's common sense to know that if your book doesn't have any religious knowledge , it could be categorised under other genres .

Spiritual is not the one .

And let's not even get started on the 'bad boy's trend .

For god's sake , please understand that bad boys aren't a joke . They're rude , disrespectful, carless and can even go as far as sexually assaulting the opposite gender . Back in the day , I had a friend who had dropped out of school because her life had been made hell by such a bad boy . Her parents had to home school her later .

Please stop romanticising such ideas . I'd suggest you go with Princes or even CEOs but not them .

Speaking about CEOs , I wonder how almost all of them are younger than realistically understandable , handsome , smart , blue eyed, hulky and monotonous ?

I wonder what the FBI is doing leaving such an intriguing mystery unraveled ?

All this is not targeted at anyone. I just felt like it needed to be told .

You can always come up with smarter characters rather than follow this idea . I am pointing this out because trust me , a lot of the readers are bored and are on a hunt for better options .

6 . The REAL inspiration

Countless times , I've been asked about inspiration that leads me to end up with fairly fresh and unique ideas .

I'm a very weird and crazy person. And because I don't work well with the typical story plots , I need to find inspiration from different sources .

Most of the times , it's from reality.

Trials , tests , experiences , struggles , battles , issues , societal concerns and familial problems .

Since I'm so keen on focusing on real issues , I tend to look up to such topics to find what I need to convey .

Also , sometimes , ideas randomly pop into my head . Mostly while I'm doing the dishes . I end up mumbling the idea so that I don't forget it until I type it down in my phone . ;-) .

7 . The aspect of converting.

This is again , not meant to offend anyone .

I just felt like adding a revert could spice the book up while bringing awareness over the fact that we shouldn't forget about these fighters who have probably overcome obstacles to do what they wished to .

8 . Humanity

You will find wattpad flooded with love stories , but not most show case humanity .

And even though TPOH isn't primary focused on that , it still shows humanitarian qualities that are either very well ignored or are forgotten .

I spread the message of humanity to a human race wherein poverty rules and food is wasted . Where water is used to do the 'ice bucket or whatever challenge' while people die of thirst . Where rapists roam freely while the innocent are hanged . Where money overflows and the poor are still financially insecure . Where global warming is a major cause and pollution is still increasing . Where animals are pets in a few places and treated like dirt in others .

You're given a heart to feel and a mouth to raise your voice .

Don't waste your capability to help out humanity.

9 . "Normal" male system

I don't know many books on wattpad , but how many ever I have come across seem to have very outrageous male characters .

Again , the bad boy / CEO kind .

For once I wanted normal men to come into limelight .

I'll guarantee that you'll fall for Faaris instantly , eventually for Sulaaymaan and over the time for Gabriel and Derek .

They're the loves of my life . ;) .

10 . Islam and Muslims .

This is a sensitive topic and as I've mentioned before , I'm not here to offend anyone whatsoever.

I'm awfully honest and sincerely truthful when it comes to anything related to injustice .

Besides , wattpad does encourage that . After all , that's what one should bring awareness over such topics .

Please comprehend that I'm not trying to hate any religion or faith . I RESPECT EVERY SINGLE PERSON AND THEIR CHOICES . All I'm trying to do is defend my religion and the people of my faith.

Over the years , not only on social media , but even in real life I've witnessed incidents that have shown me in a way how much hate Islam receives on a large scale .

I DO AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT NOT EVERYBODY IS UNJUST AND HATES ISLAM and I have utmost respect for these people , but then why does it feel like it just never will cease ?

I do have Christian and Hindu friends and our differing opinions have never affected the bond we share .

I'd request you all to kindly not jump to conclusions when the word 'Muslim' or 'Islam' comes up.

What would your initial thoughts be if a person covered in blood enters a bus or any other public area ?

But naturally , you'd instantly regard him with suspicion . Your thoughts would shout danger at you . He'd come off as a 'murderer' .

However what if — contrary to your judgment — he had actually just helped out some badly injured person and in the process got blood all over him ?

Wouldn't it be extremely wrong from your part and unjust to the man ?

Similarly just because you saw a Muslim , it doesn't mean he / she is a terrorist or someone at who you can throw foul words .

As a matter of fact , YOU CANNOT DO THAT TO ANYONE AT ALL .

Learn to discern that the religion in itself is perfect like all the others out there , but the followers not necessarily might be. Just because a person following Islam did something nasty , doesn't give anyone the right to mark the whole community as a 'hyprocritical part of society' or 'terrorists' .

I'm writing or rather actively speaking about it because I'm fed up . Fed up of being pointed at and looked with disgust . Fed up of telling people to not judge a stranger as me . Fed up of saying that Muslims aren't perfect ; the religion is . Fed up of making it known that before accusing , study the religion to have enough knowledge about it . Fed up of letting it out that nobody has a right to make accusations if they do not know the person personally .

And to all my fellow Muslims , be the living proof of your religion . Let others see that Islam is not a bad faith ; it's just portrayed in the wrong sense . Nobody would read the Bible or the Gita or the Qur'an to discern the religion. They would rather look up to the followers and judge accordingly .

I hope I have conveyed my point well enough to enlighten all of you.

Since I'm such a strong believer of religion , equality and respect , my characters are just as loving and humble .

You'll definitely find yourself attached to my beautiful Christian characters .

#RespectEveryReligion

We've now come to an end . I can't believe I was considered worthy enough for such an honourable position .

Its been about seven months since TPOH was published and I have to admit that it has reached miraculous heights . Every reader so far has enjoyed it massively , I have found a few readers who are Christians and Hindus ( I can't be more blessed and grateful to them) , it's performed well in almost three other competitions that were held , it has been selected by Kelly and finally because of it , I was chosen to be a part of #WattpadBlockParty .

I thank the Almighty Allah or God to have given me such an opportunity to standout .

I thank my mother who has done everything in her power to nurture me into who I am today .

I thank my bestest friends and my wonderful sister for encouraging me to continue on with this book while I had decided to give up on it .

I heartfully thank all the beautiful readers of mine who've been with me through thick and thin . I CANNOT EXTEND MY GRATITUDE ENOUGH TO YOU ALL ! ❤

I thank them for being by my side and guiding me with motivation and hope .

I thank them for the precious time they put into supporting me and making me capable enough to stand here .

Finally , I thank KellyAnneBlount, for letting me feel so special and worthy .

Thank you ever so much to everyone who took out time to read this .

Please do vote and comment lots. ❤

Much love ,

Yasmeen ❤❤

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