Got Wattpad? No? Maybe you should

[Quantum]

"Sourcebooks has acquired worldwide English rights to Chasing Red, an adult novel by Canadian author Isabelle Ronin, which was the most-read story on Wattpad last year. According to Sourcebooks, Chasing Red had over 126 million reads by the Wattpad community in 2016."

Those Canadian writers rock!

Chasing Red tells the story of “cynical straight-A college student Veronica “Red” Strafford,” who is offered a place to stay by “notorious basketball player Caleb Lockhart” after she gets kicked out of her apartment, Sourcebooks said. After she moves in “their close quarters create a problem when he pursues her, and she is far from ready to open up about her painful past.”

Sourcebooks first partnered with Wattpad in 2013 when it began publishing its authors under the Sourcebooks Fire young adult imprint. Recent books by Wattpad authors released by Sourcebooks include two young adult titles by Natasha Preston. The Cellar and The Cabin have had solid runs on young adult bestsellers lists and have sold hundreds of thousands of copies.
(Published 14 February 2017.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by...)

Are you writing on wattpad?

[Kent]

I started out on Wattpad. Got some really good feedback from a handful of people that made me realize that my novel was far from ready. It motivated me to take an online writing class and then completely re-imagine the plot.

It can be a great proving ground for any writing that you do. You can serialize your stories and get great feedback on each chapter.

If you're writing young adult, I would definitely consider it. That demographic makes up a sizeable majority of Wattpad's user base.

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛]

I DO have a Wattpad account but I haven't used it in forever, lol. I had no idea it was so useful though.

[Manasa]

Oh yes it's definitely useful to writers! If you've heard of after series by Anna Todd, she became famous on Wattpad first then she decided to publish it as a novel and through Wattpad publishers could contact you too and today her books are best sellers. She's just one among the many who went ahead and got their books published because of Wattpad.
Also we readers too play a huge role in making it successful. And we get free books so that's great right?

[Quantum]

Elizabeth♛ Everyone Else Has a Super Long Name With a Symbol So I Might as Well Do it Too♛ wrote: "I DO have a Wattpad account but I haven't used it in forever, lol. I had no idea it was so useful though."

IKR. me too.

Manasa wrote: "Oh yes it's definitely useful to writers! If you've heard of after series by Anna Todd, she became famous on Wattpad first then she decided to publish it as a novel and through Wattpad publishers c..."

this is kind of what Matthew did on FB, right?

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Manasa]

Alex, well maybe but fb is not a website just dedicated to writing and reading right? But Wattpad is.

[Quantum]

Manasa wrote: "Alex, well maybe but fb is not a website just dedicated to writing and reading right? But Wattpad is."

ah good point. but FB has many communities and some, of course, are dedicated to writing.

[Manasa]

Alex, yes definitely I agree with you. Then if you see it like that there's goodreads, Twitter and many online book clubs, even Instagram dedicated to writing and reading :D

[Quantum]

Manasa wrote: "Alex, yes definitely I agree with you. Then if you see it like that there's goodreads, Twitter and many online book clubs, even Instagram dedicated to writing and reading :D"

ah, i didn't know that instagram had communities like that. do you have some links?

oh another member, Rachel, was trying inkitt.com.

the thing is that hi-tech changes so fast. you have to be nimble to take advantage of new opportunities. goodreads, amazon, twitter, FB, youtube--they're still quite useful, but they're old--too many people on them and it's hard to get noticed.

[Manasa]

Alex G wrote: "Manasa wrote: "Alex, yes definitely I agree with you. Then if you see it like that there's goodreads, Twitter and many online book clubs, even Instagram dedicated to writing and reading :D"

ah, i ..."
that is true though. It is really hard to get noticed since there are so many writers striving for recognition. Well on instagram there are not exactly communities but you can start your own writing account and get in touch with a lot of fellow writers and ofcourse we will learn a lot from them.
I have never heard of inkitt I shall take a look.

[Matthew]

I tried Wattpad awhile back. And in truth, I didn't find it useful. In fairness, it was what it was advertised to be a - a community of independent writers - but that was precisely the problem. Nobody seemed to be reading anyone else's books, just asking for reviews of their own. And people were doing a like for like thing, where they'd just vote up someone else's work to get a vote back.

Still, knowing this woman (and a Canuck to boot!) snagged a deal is enticing! If it works for you, go to town, right?

[Leonie]

I'm on Wattpad, and recently used a prompt from one of the Scifi groups to write a short story. It was a competition, and it's made the top 15, but I don't expect it to go much further, as I have very few followers, and the judging is now open to the public rather than a judging panel.

I thought I'd try and develop a bit more of a presence there, as I do know a couple of writers who've done quite well as a result.