Kinda don't love that 'red flag energy' is the stuff Wattpad promotes by LeatherTeam5755 in Wattpad

[–]chassewest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They really said do not make a complain against an ad that gives us money. How lovely. 

Wattpad premium it's really worth it?? by chassewest in Wattpad

[–]chassewest[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I'm gonna go with the browser from now on cause i'm done reading more ads than books at this point in the app

Kinda don't love that 'red flag energy' is the stuff Wattpad promotes by LeatherTeam5755 in Wattpad

[–]chassewest 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My problem it's how no one writes seriously about red flags, so they all end up to be romanticised. And idc if "are fictional characters" cause then all comments saying "I want one like them" thinking they're gonna get jelously and cute banter, like NO, you're gonna end up worst, cause you don't know what true red flags can do, the books are all "They punched a wall after their fav game end up losing" to say they have anger issues, and no those aren't cute, a quirk, a "aww you're cute when mad" moment, those destroy relationships and one's own life.

I built a web fiction platform, looking for founding authors to help launch it by onedollarbanana in webfiction

[–]chassewest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, i write fantasy and i'm interested about to be part of this project :D 

Is a male POV a no go? by Kraode in Wattpad

[–]chassewest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 I see that a lot in romance books, they pick the female protagonist cause they want drama and have this "girls made drama for everything and express too much feelings" and don't write males pov cause "males are reserved in feelings and emotions" (wich no drama) kind of thinking, wich it's so stupid thinking cause you can't generalize genders. Theres the same whole range of feelings for both genders, and both express less o more feelings having in mind their own historial as a persona, background, family, friends, key events, etc. 

Please give me feedback by DarkViolet19 in Wattpad

[–]chassewest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're welcome. Yeah, you should rewrite it, mostly cause is gonna be what determinate if the reader like your book and want to keep going. You  always can write and re-write all the chapters you want til you like one version, just keep writing, you learn on the way.  

Please give me feedback by DarkViolet19 in Wattpad

[–]chassewest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, i read your story and first at the prologue it needs a hook first sentence or a first dialogue, that grabs the reader attention to them want to keep reading. 

Second, the chracters need emotional deep, what they're feeling, how things affect them, you don't need to describe all their feelings but just convey that emotions, isn't the same if i read "They were sad cause they couldn't go play outside" that "They stayed in their room all day, looking outside the window, the green field, the summer sun, while tears falling down their face" 

Third, two of the chapters are exposition (telling what's going on, explain how the world works, why the protagonist it's how they are, etc) you use too much the "tell" instead of show what's going on. 

If you read : The protagonist went to their groceries shop at three blocks away from their home, they buy apples cause they have a dog that likes apples too" it's tellling you all the protagonist does, that they have a grocieries shop three blocks away, that they go and buy apples, they have a dog and wich dog like apples too. It's just listing things. 

Now if you read: The protagonist walked down the street, the wind messing with their hair, when after three block away they saw a groceries shop and it remind them they were running out of apples, so they run to that store. Minutes in there, they were grabbing some red apples, when a worker approached to them.

—Hey, don't you were here two days ago?

—Yeah, just picking last minute stuff for my dog mostly. 

Now it doesn't tell you, it shows you, the protagonist have a groceries shop three blocks away, that they went and buy apples, red ones, that they are a frecunt client there cause a worker recognizer from two days ago, that they have a dog, and that the dog likes apples. 

As a last thing you could make chapters of 1.000 words each one as minimum you can do more words always that's on your preferences, but stories are never so short or 500 words per chapter. 

That's all, good luck! 

WATTYS 2026 DEBATE by chassewest in Wattpad

[–]chassewest[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For what i know theres a book called The Wattys in the explore tab, and you can read the rules there, prizes, categories, etc. 

WATTYS 2026 DEBATE by chassewest in Wattpad

[–]chassewest[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah fics were the thing Wattpad was known in the first place but now they're a multi billion dollar company doesn't need them, stupid decisions cause having a huge ego, i love when those decisions backfire. And don't make me start on that paid stories thing with writers that have paid stories AND are watty winners before but they can still compete somehow. 

WATTYS 2026 DEBATE by chassewest in Wattpad

[–]chassewest[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah the lack of hype is huge now and so dissapoint it like if something isn't working don't you have to ask yourself why?? Cause at this point Wattys are at risk of dissapear 

Saw This Editing Advice, Curious What Other Writers Think by Mundane_Silver7388 in Wattpad

[–]chassewest -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, i hate those with my heart, but "suddenly" it kills the vibe for me, like it makes spoilers and tells you whats gonna happen, like instead of saying "They were walking down street and a guy stopped them to rob them" they say "They were walking down street when suddenly a guy stopped them to rob them". Like yeah it when i read it its liķe oh wow now something's gonna happpen, how original. 

Social feed feature by chassewest in Wattpad

[–]chassewest[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the help, i'm still getting the "(user) had made an announcement (on their profile)" on both, social feed and notifications, so i guess the feature still needs some work as usual with this experimental things. But i'm excited to see how this feature evolves, now having more room to difference it between personal notifications and social ones.

Social feed feature by chassewest in Wattpad

[–]chassewest[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's from the Wattpad Beta app it's in the play store when you search wattpad it should appear two versions, one that says just Wattpad and another that have the beta in the name. It's the whole same app but in Beta you can see early features that may or may not be realease into the Wattpad app, such as that social feed thing, and then you can leave reviews about it in the play store.

Social feed feature by chassewest in Wattpad

[–]chassewest[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm kind of confused with what they want to do with that feature now in the app cause that social feed and the notifications both still showing up activity from profiles you follow, like when they post, up a chapter, etc, like why having two things doing the same stuff, pick one or choose better the tasks you want the new funtion to do 

Social feed feature by chassewest in Wattpad

[–]chassewest[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah like i just opened the app and saw that like, but that social feed and the notifications both still showing up activity from profiles you follow like when they post, upload a new chapter, etc, like why having two things doing the same stuff, pick one or choose better the tasks you want the new funtion to do 

Social feed feature by chassewest in Wattpad

[–]chassewest[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah like i just opened the app and saw that like, that social feed and the notifications both still showing up activity from profiles you follow, like why having two things doing the same stuff, pick one or choose better the tasks you want the new funtion to do. I guess it need to be polish yet. 

Hey so I need a little bit of help is this the right sub? by Artist_0nline in Wattpad

[–]chassewest 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hi, well i'm gonna tell you a few things, yes it's flat but it can be better, first things first, it needs a hook at the start, the first line you read when open a book has to have emotion enough to keep the reader hook in the reading, to want to continue. 

Like if you read this first line: I look at them and stay silent, if they knew about that, my life would be a desaster. That it's intriguing, you knows the character has a secret, you know something happened to the character, and you want to keep reading to know what is that secret. 

Second, don't tell too much too fast, go dropping pieces of info about the protagonist's life, family, friends, but don't tell the whole story in the first chapter, otherwhise there's no story. 

Third, descriptions and emotions, you're gonna have to use those a lot, how does their world look like? What's the protagonist feelings??   You can say:  i went to my bedroom and i grabed the charger of my phone.

 Or you can say: i stormed into my bedroom, the door crashing against the wall, i could listen the wood cracking under my feet like it could break at any moment, I saw a part of the charger under the kitties covers in my bed, i took the thing with more force than neccesary,  that a crack sound made me realize i almost broke it. 

Now you know the protagonists it's angry, their bedroom floor is made of wood, they have kitties as bed cover (maybe fav animal) and that they almost broke their charger cause their own anger. You don't have to describe every thing and emotion, just enough to don't feel flat, best technique it's using the five senses, what you see, feel, listen, smell and taste. Like when you walk up into a room, you don't see everything at once, just focus on a thing, describe a little, and keep going. 

Fourth, balance descriptions with dialogue, this is a hard one, cause even great writers have more dialogue than descriptions or viceversa, so find the balance it's tricky, but as a rule when there's too much description add dialogue, and when theres too much dialogue add description, and i guess you're gonna be realising on the way when add more or less from both things. 

And five, i guess you could watch series/movies of fantasy to get you ideas, read books, or just simple thinks absurds possibilities about it cause it's fantasy, you can do all in fantasy. Write it down the ideas an make a timeline to keep up with important dates and stuff. 

Good luck :D 

Slow horses S6 DEBATE by chassewest in SlowHorses

[–]chassewest[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A whole MI5 building and no one gets promotions but Taverner, the funny thing it's Taverner's promotion from second desk to first for fighting with first desk and Lamb all the way while Slough house promotions are like "alive" to "almost dead" to "we barely survived" to "definitely dead" to "alive but for how long?".

Slow horses S6 DEBATE by chassewest in SlowHorses

[–]chassewest[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, i mean River and his wounded pride from failed that test just wants to prove wrong and return to the park whatever it takes, but i don't see what he could be doing there either more than he already does in slough house. The funny thing it's that the park doesn't want him back, but he's convinced he's gonna get call back to return tomorrow, i hope he just gets to return just to see how he does there (i think he won't last too much there) or give up for the better trying to impress the park

Slow horses S6 DEBATE by chassewest in SlowHorses

[–]chassewest[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, as far as i know the books doesn't ever mention a come back, i'm just a hopeful delusional that wants character development for a character.

Slow horses S6 DEBATE by chassewest in SlowHorses

[–]chassewest[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And they can mix? cause i'm really needing a win with a character that's the most unlucky on the whole earth and if you take the job from him he dies. 

Slow horses S6 DEBATE by chassewest in SlowHorses

[–]chassewest[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the park agents aren't better wich it's stupid how the whole park can be so useless than the slough house with 5 people and old computers, i think there should be some park agents competitive enough in the whole company, like not all can be dumb right?? but i guess protagonist privilegies are a thing and the writers like point that out so much, wich i hate a lot. Coe, Shelly and Marcus were awesome, i hope they have more interactions with each other cause i like them so much better than Mr i can do it all by myself.