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What do you all think of wattpad? Rant or give it some love! :D (self.writing )

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submitted 3 years ago by breadedcat

I've heard mixed reviews about the site. I don't personally love it but I do have some work available through it. Does anyone take it seriously? I really want to start linking the first half of my book to people but I'm not sure if wattpad is the most professional way to do so.

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[–] Noroark 2 points 3 years ago

I had an account a couple years ago, but I ended up deleting it. From what I remember, the only stories that got any attention were One Direction fanfics. permalink embed save

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[–] breadedcat [S] 1 point 3 years ago

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That is horrifying. And reminds me of fanfiction.net - is that still a thing?

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[–] [deleted] 1 point 3 years ago

I've had accounts over the years but eventually my password's get forgotten or lost- whatever, after about a week on Wattpad I'm sick of it. There's a lot of fan fiction there which I don't have a problem with, but It's badly written so I go to AO3 for that. So much One Direction.

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For the main writing/fan fiction sites for me (AO3, fanfic.net, Wattpad) it's the lowest ranking. A lot of the fiction is based on teenagers. The popular works on there are barely readable. For the works that are actually readable the plot isn't interesting, it's like every story is an almost exact copy of the next on Wattpad.

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[–] [deleted] 1 point 3 years ago

I've had accounts over the years but eventually my password's get forgotten or lost- whatever, after about a week on Wattpad I'm sick of it. There's a lot of fan fiction there which I don't have a problem with, but It's badly written so I go to AO3 for that. So much One Direction. For the main writing/fan fiction sites for me (AO3, fanfic.net, Wattpad) it's the lowest ranking. A lot of the fiction is based on teenagers. The popular works on there are barely readable. For the works that are actually readable the plot isn't interesting, it's like every story is an almost exact copy of the next on Wattpad. Ha, rant over! permalink embed save

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[–] [deleted] 0 points 3 years ago

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While there are plenty of stupid pre-teen girls on Wattpad who make horrible fan-fiction, that isn't all Wattpad is about. I'm on Wattpad as well and I've a handful of people my age (late-teens to early twenties.) who are good writers and have good stories. What's your Wattpad name? I'll check you book out.

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[–] breadedcat [S] 2 points 3 years ago

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My username is ParandusGold - and hey thank you. I appreciate that. Yeah there does seem to be a large number of YA bad love stories on there. Do you have any recommendations on there/have anything on there yourself?

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Those are by far the two best books there, as for myself I only have poetry and rants (which I regret doing now but oh well) up there right now. I am writing a story right now but I'm not releasing it until I have the first draft done.

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[–] breadedcat [S] 1 point 3 years ago

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Cool, thank you. Also - congrats on the story. Keep me posted I'd love to read it when its ready.

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