By Maisarah Armas
GOMBAK, 3 October 2018: Habiburrahman El-Shirazy, the writer of œAyat-Ayat Cinta, popularly known as Kang Abik, conducted a class on writing and held a book review session on of his œAyat Ayat Cinta 2 last Friday (30 Sept).
The event was part of the programmes in conjunction with the Indonesian Day celebration, organised by the Indonesian Students Association (PPI-IIUM) at Mini Auditorium and Experimental Hall.
œWriting is an important way to make people smarter as Prophet Muhammad S.A.W and His companion did a lot of writing during that time,” Kang Abik said.
Kang Abik outlined six steps on how to write a best seller novel. “The first step is that the writer should have enough materials to write, including who, what, when, where, and why. Next, make a small note. Then, start to write. Follow up with table of contents. Furthermore, create the content chapter by chapter. After that, review what you have written.”
The session continued with a book review of œAyat-Ayat Cinta 2. Kang Abik said, œIt was very hard to write the sequel for ‘Ayat-Ayat Cinta 2’. But I ended up writing it because of the request from my readers. I considered my writing as my own ‘children’ and I write for the sake of observance and to ask people to worship Allah.
œI wrote to spread Islamic teaching in a different way, through books,” Kang Abik added. ***