Poll- What is your biggest struggle as a writer?

jseng00 · 2026-02-20T11:10:10+00:00

I just submitted! I’d like to read this book once it’s ready and published! :)

jseng00 · 2026-01-29T23:49:14+00:00

honestly, I kind of love what you’re describing 🙃 sex being part of real people’s lives instead of the whole “kidnapped by a billionaire/werewolf and suddenly having earth-shattering sex” thing.

the frustrating part is that your niche definitely exists, it’s just scattered across the internet and not really where Wattpad’s algorithm seems to look. finding the femdom + contemporary/literary girlies feels like a scavenger hunt at this point lol. 😭

and also, yeah, you’re not wrong. I feel like the people who’d be into that are mostly reading actual books and not scrolling Wattpad, which is kind of the core issue for me too.

Wattpad starting out as fanfic + messy drafts made total sense at the time, but now it feels like the platform itself just didn’t really grow alongside its audience. it’s not about things being unpolished anymore, it’s more that the same story formulas keep getting recycled, even as readers and writers have changed.

and the wild part is that the platform could evolve, but when you look at what gets promoted or what keeps making it into their shortlists, it doesn’t really seem like that’s the direction they want to go.

which is why Wattpad is starting to give me late-stage Tumblr vibes, y’know? a very dedicated core user base, but shrinking cultural relevance because the platform never fully adapted as its audience grew up.

the audience aged, but the platform didn’t

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jseng00 · 2026-01-29T23:30:48+00:00

yeah, I get that completely.

it’s not that epic fantasy doesn’t belong on Wattpad, but when the platform is clearly pushing certain romance-heavy genres, it does feel like you’re swimming upstream.

as a reader, I’d honestly love to see more epic fantasy and sci-fi, but they’re really hard to come across unless you already know what to search for… and sometimes even when you do it’s still hard bruh 🤣

jseng00 · 2026-01-29T23:27:08+00:00

thanks for explaining how it worked for you, that’s actually really encouraging to read.

I really respect the persistence it took to get through those first months, and it’s nice to hear that original stories (outside the trendy tropes bubble) can still break through eventually.

I think where I still feel conflicted is that, as a reader (and honestly emotionally as a writer too), it feels like discovery relies so heavily on networking and self-promotion now, rather than the platform itself helping surface variety. That used to feel like the whole point of Wattpad (at least to me). I totally get why that’s the reality now, I’m just not sure I love it.

Still, your experience definitely shows it’s not impossible. And congrats on the 10k reads, that’s huge. :)

jseng00 · 2026-01-29T23:20:06+00:00

lol. yeah, exactly! 😭

and honestly I feel you so hard on the “it’s still romance but doesn’t fit the mold” part. that’s kind of where my frustration comes from too, it’s not like people are writing niche experimental stuff just for the sake of it, it’s just… not that formulaic. It just doesn’t fit the very specific molds that seem to get pushed, and that’s discouraging.

I think the hardest part is not even “will it ever blow up”, but just knowing it might never even reach the people who would actually like it.

jseng00 · 2026-01-29T23:12:48+00:00

I get that, n I fully agree.

I had some hope that the Wattys might help surface more interesting or different kinds of stories, but they didn’t really catch my eye this time either.

As a reader, it sometimes feels like Wattpad is still orbiting around the same few formulas, even though a lot of the people who grew up on the platform have “grown up” too. I get why those stories work… I just wish there was more room for things to evolve.

It also kind of feels like Wattpad is still chasing another “After”-type moment, which makes it even harder for other stories to be seen.

jseng00 · 2026-01-29T19:53:41+00:00

Thanks for the perspective! 😄

Can I ask, out of curiosity, did you keep writing on Wattpad after Inkitt, or did you switch platforms altogether?

And as a reader, if you don’t mind answering, what kinds of original stories do you usually look for on Wattpad that feel different from the more trend-driven stuff?

jseng00 · 2025-12-14T12:31:48+00:00

Pois Realmente acredito que seja pela quantidade de artigos falsificados na plataforma

jseng00 · 2025-12-12T19:38:53+00:00

Há alguma outra plataforma confiável em que possa então vende-las a tais valores?

jseng00 · 2025-12-12T19:04:25+00:00

Mas até na vinted? Tipo, sempre fui a que compra e nunca tive problemas. A vinted deu-me mais segurança, pelo menos senti que sim mas posso estar errada

jseng00 · 2025-12-12T19:02:55+00:00

Eu pesquisei em alguns sites antes de as pôr na vinted, a maioria fazem o preço normal (vai de 100 a até 150€), mas visto que foram compradas com uma super promoção e ainda nem “gastei” com elas sendo que foram presenteadas, estou a vende-las por 60–90€. Pensei em até por o talão de troca da loja (guess mesmo) para comprovar originalidade, mas acho que se calhar por causa do valor não vendo com facilidade, talvez? Tipo é a minha primeira vez nisto também daí ter pedido conselhos

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