Journey of Building a Following
I built my following first with Wattpad about five years ago. I stayed with Wattpad actively for the first year. I wrote my stories and posted them on Wattpad just like most Wattpadders.
I eventually got a lot of likes, reads and comments because I posted regularly, sometimes every day, or weekly with my serialized fiction. I started with poetry and then with sci-fi fantasy and then with mystery/thriller, since my poetry was getting very little attention.
My fiction works were always in high demand. I kept updating the fiction more every day, weekly then it became bi-monthly because it got to be too much. My readers were messaging constantly to update. They like the characters, the action, the romance, my way with words. I would read other writers works, comment, like and give any feedback appreciated that I could. I was trying to remain active and because I also liked to read. At one point when I got up to 1,000 followers on Wattpad (which took over a year to gain that many followers). I filled out an application to be a Wattpad Ambassador.
Didn't pan out though because they get so many applications for that position on a regular basis. The second year I grew so tired of people reading my stories for free that I decided I would do better self-publishing them myself. I never got discovered there like some of the lucky ones on Wattpad have. I had been discovered when I was fifteen passed on that and I guess that was my only shot. So no way Wattpad was going to be my second chance, I guess.
I took all my works off Wattpad and started to publish them one by one on Amazon. During this period, I was in active on Wattpad for three years. I lost 173 followers. When I returned to Wattpad. I was down to 827 followers. I posted new fiction stories on Wattpad. One of which I entered in the Watty Awards 2017.
Didn't win. But I mainly did it to speed up my writing process.
The challenge of a contest as prominent as the Wattys sparked a fire in me to keep writing more and get the story more developed, flesh out the characters, more and gain more chapters. It worked I was able to write and post every few days or every 1-2 weeks. ( I have a very competitive nature and a very active and creative mind.) I took the book down I was serializing on Wattpad. I hope to publish it in a few months.
I eventually got a lot of likes, reads and comments because I posted regularly, sometimes every day, or weekly with my serialized fiction. I started with poetry and then with sci-fi fantasy and then with mystery/thriller, since my poetry was getting very little attention.
My fiction works were always in high demand. I kept updating the fiction more every day, weekly then it became bi-monthly because it got to be too much. My readers were messaging constantly to update. They like the characters, the action, the romance, my way with words. I would read other writers works, comment, like and give any feedback appreciated that I could. I was trying to remain active and because I also liked to read. At one point when I got up to 1,000 followers on Wattpad (which took over a year to gain that many followers). I filled out an application to be a Wattpad Ambassador.
Didn't pan out though because they get so many applications for that position on a regular basis. The second year I grew so tired of people reading my stories for free that I decided I would do better self-publishing them myself. I never got discovered there like some of the lucky ones on Wattpad have. I had been discovered when I was fifteen passed on that and I guess that was my only shot. So no way Wattpad was going to be my second chance, I guess.
I took all my works off Wattpad and started to publish them one by one on Amazon. During this period, I was in active on Wattpad for three years. I lost 173 followers. When I returned to Wattpad. I was down to 827 followers. I posted new fiction stories on Wattpad. One of which I entered in the Watty Awards 2017.
Didn't win. But I mainly did it to speed up my writing process.
The challenge of a contest as prominent as the Wattys sparked a fire in me to keep writing more and get the story more developed, flesh out the characters, more and gain more chapters. It worked I was able to write and post every few days or every 1-2 weeks. ( I have a very competitive nature and a very active and creative mind.) I took the book down I was serializing on Wattpad. I hope to publish it in a few months.
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