The Struggles Of Living The Wattpad Life

Publishing Your Books On Wattpad

Again, here I am, assuming everyone writes fan fiction, but in reality I'm just a terd who likes to complain about her struggles with writing so... ON WITH THE CHAPTER!

Okay, so it's time for a little story, children. 

See, when I was only twelve, I was rebellious. I joined Wattpad a year before I was supposed to- and now, here I am, almost fifteen and I have no regrets whatsoever. I've been here almost three years, and let me tell you, I've written enough content for the entire universe (or at least it feels like it).

All last year (2016) I wrote Avengers fan fiction like crazy. I've done Captain America stories, Clintasha stories(I'm still angry about Clint's family tbh), a novel about the Avenger's kids(also a part two ehhh), even DC and Star Wars stories- so on and so forth. 

And while now I have one story about Bucky Barnes, I really cleaned my profile up. At one point, I had 44 stories about so many things I had no time to update all of them. So, I went through and deleted more and more of my first stories that I didn't like/need, and I ended up with the stories I have now.

What I'm trying to say about this 'struggle' is that for me (I'd like to call myself a Writer here) I can't stop making new books. But at the same time, I'll go nuts if I have more than four books on my profile and I'll delete them all and start over. 

Maybe you don't to this, but I do, and it's a constant struggle. Publishing your books is a lot of work, especially if your writing is good enough that it gets popular. Now, I can't speak about this, since I only had one book out of 44 that had over 1K reads- but I do know it's work keeping up with your book.

There isn't a break unless you put your book 'on hold'. And unless you really are on vacation or struggling with school or going through a rough time, you're just being a son of a gun about updating. 

No hate towards those who do need to hold their book up- but as for me, when I do it, I'm being lazy. 

In the end, though, having a book published on Wattpad is always fun. When people read and comment on your work that you put a lot of time and effort on- it's the best feeling in the world. So even though it's difficult at times, it's always worth it. 

And if you're struggling now to write, don't give up. You may be tempted to stop, but don't. You'll get there one day. And when people appreciate your hard work, it only makes the struggles disappear.

Until next time, I'm with you until the end of the line, pal.........and i cri.

-Elise