Wattpad observations

[betweensunandmoon]

There are three tiers of Wattpad stories:

1. Terrible.
2. Enjoyable, so long as you don't think about them too much (or at all).
3. Genuinely good.

Genuinely good Wattpad stories are harder to find than a needle in a haystack. At least if the needle poked your hand, you'd know you found it.

On the site itself:

1. The search function is abysmal.
2. Heaven help you if you want to read anything on Wattpad other than romance stories.

Romance is very much not my genre.

On said romance stories:

1. You cannot swing a dead cat without hitting a billionaire or crime boss of some variety, and I'm willing to bet that the only difference between the two is that one's made his fortune through illegal means.
2. Kidnapping is apparently a great way to start a romantic relationship.

Not that Amazon's "Romantic Suspense" category is any better. In fact, it may very well be worse. *shudders at the memory*

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I restarted the book again; it was going in a direction I didn't like. The 10,000 words weren't totally wasted, but I don't know how many of them are salvageable.

It's a good thing I'm writing this book for myself and not for Wattpad, though it may very well end up there one day. There's no romance in it.