The New Invasion

Before you begin....

     I'm writing this mess on my bed, in my house, during a school break which will end in about a week (because I have to endure the hideous thing known as: spring sports preseason). Wattpad introduced this new program that originally made me angry. As a faithful (punny, cause my name is Faith) reader for what has been years, I wasn't exactly thrilled to find out that some of my favorite books had a paywall once you reached a certain point in the book, and you had to buy coins to move past it. I was upset that suddenly, the books that I constantly read became inaccessible, I had to buy my way through a book. 

     It angered me.

     This platform that I adored simply because of it's plethora of good and free content, seemed to be changing, and I didn't know what to do to stop it.  I didn't want to have to pay for a good book, especially when Wattpad was originally marketed as being free. So I decided to act.

     Really act, like spur of the moment, "huge underestimation of the project I was undertaking" act.

     I said to myself that I, a sixteen year old high school student, trying to get into college, would write a book. 

     And it would be a darn good book.  It would have a good plot, and good characters and interesting development. But of course...

It wasn't easy at all.

     As I have begun to deal with the prospect of seriously writing this book, I have come to realize how hard it truly is.  The time, effort and tears that are poured into a story, the constant struggle of what is good and what isn't, making everything make sense, and realizing that yes, this is the final product that I want. Really, I almost started crying earlier today as I began to flesh out my idea. I was trying to figure out what I wanted my main character's name to be, and couldn't decide. It was painful.

The whole online writing thing, or even just writing is really hard, and the people on here that do it, and do it well? Well, they're actual super humans and as a lowly reader I have absolutely no right to question them wanting to see even the slightest payoff from it.

     But that doesn't meant that I don't want it whatever I'm creating, this teenage angst and stress and happiness filled thing to be low quality.  

No, I'm going to make this this best I can, with some help from whoever decides that this thing is worthwhile.  And as for monetization? If in some alternate reality this book isn't complete crap and people like it?  

      Who knows...but for now, I'm going to focus on making sure the first chapter is coherent. Only then will I move onto bigger things.

     Thank you Wattpad, for even creating this platform where I can maybe make a half-decent book as a sixteen year old girl, and have more than just my mom read it in my notebook.

     Thank you to the countless creators on this platform that inspired me to create my own world, and hopefully it turns out well.

       And thank you to you, for even beginning this, because it means you saw it and liked something about it, which means the world to me.

Faith :)

P.S. Feedback would mean the world, I want to become a better writer, and comments, votes, however this works, won't be ignored. For taking the time to see this, eternal thanks.