Let’s See Where This Goes – Day 1 of Wattpad

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Before I talk about my next big social media adventure… I’d just like to say that I’ve gotten back into actually sitting down and watching TV shows lately so I plan on posting some of my thoughts on what I’ve seen in the coming days! Fargo definitely hasn’t disappointed this season (Noah Hawley is legend) so I want to talk about that, but also, Better Call Saul FINALLY caught my attention so I need to praise my lord and savior Vince Gilligan for that as well. My thoughts on those to come…

Now to the main event: Wattpad!

I’ve heard many good things lately about this website/app so I decided that I’d give it a try today. For those who don’t know it, Wattpad is basically a place where you can post stories for people to follow along with.

There are so many ways that this website is just too cool so, in the spirit of all online content nowadays, I’ll present those ways to you in a list!

Wattpad allows you to post stories section by section. As an author who likes his share of twists and turns, I think this is awesome. Readers will either be held in suspense, or will get fed up of waiting and get the book right away. This feels a lot like the structure of a TV show to me, in that pieces will be revealed as life goes by and you’ll be almost living alongside the characters!
It’s FREE! Bottom line: everything is better for free. But that really is great for authors like me too, especially on my first book. My only goal with Crimson River is to tell my story and get as many people to read it as possible. With that in mind, the fewer barriers readers have to beginning the adventure, the better.
It’s so social that you can even leave in-line comments.  How cool is it that when you reach the twist you can actually have a discussion with fellow readers about the traumatic experience you’ve just had? Not only that, but this should also help with eliminating spoilers since you’d expect the comments to be made at the point of the action!
Wattpad rewards popular writers.  So today is day 1 obviously for me on the site but my initial research has shown that the company itself has awards for stories and programs for promoting star writers. Overall the most promising thing for me is the idea of my serial story-telling getting noticed, so it’s encouraging that there’s extra incentive to do great work.

Honestly, these are just all the benefits I see initially, but I’m sure there are more to come that I’ll provide updates about. For a company with the goal of becoming the, “YouTube for stories,” though, I’d say that they’re on the right track.

To see how Crimson River unfolds, check out chapter 1, part 1, on Wattpad here!

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For some additional closing notes: I think I might pop a bottle of champagne for two blog posts in two days!