Are you new to Wattpad? Wondering how it can help you as an author? Are you struggling and not quite sure how to get noticed? This book will give you some of my insights as a Wattpad user, author, and social media marketing teacher. It is my hope that the information I give here will help to drive your discoverability and success.

Dear Wattpad users, We are happy to announce the Hear Here Emerging Authors Contest, now open on Wattpad! Hear Here is an arts and culture organization based in Toronto, Canada. We host popular, salon-style events at popup locations around the city, collaborating with artists of a variety of mediums and designing dynamic spaces where we showcase their work to a diverse audience. However, the scope of our project is expanding in new directions! Hear Here has always been interested in fostering artists at all stages of their careers. Leading up to our sophomore event, we want to accept international submissions (in English) from the Wattpad usership. The top three submissions will be published on our website (www.hear-here.org), where they’ll be advertised to current and prospective Hear Here patrons. This also means they'll share a domain with our list of esteemed collaborators. If we have enough successful entries, a Hear Here journal in print won't be far off in the future (we'd contact you again before publishing anything elsewhere, of course). Read along for the contest rules, and good luck! —The Hear Here Team www.hear-here.org **CONTEST CLOSED. SPECIAL THANKS TO THE WATTPAD STAFF FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE, AND TO EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED. EXPECT RESULTS TO BE ANNOUNCED ON APRIL 2--THE DAY OF OUR NEXT EVENT.**

Warning: This book WILL make you successful on Wattpad! Are you an unknown author wanting to gain success on Wattpad? Tried everything and you're still unnoticed? Hi, I'm Mike Limjoco and I've done it all on Wattpad. I have hit a million reads on two of my books, and I've made it to the first page of the Hot List in five categories, including a dual #1 in Sci/Fi and Fantasy, two of Wattpad's toughest genres. I was also a finalist in the 2013 Watty Awards, and my book Kuro has been selected as a Featured Story on Wattpad where it was on the front page of Wattpad for a month. And I did it all in less than a year! This book has actually produced several #1 books from authors who were previously unknown. Don't believe me? Read the success stories and hear from fellow authors in this book! Read the comment sections to see actual case studies from other authors who have had success. Bottom line, this book works. Try it if nothing else has worked for you. You might just be surprised to find your book sitting on the first page of the Hot List ;)

(and yet, I still love it). ©genie_us :: Unedited, unfiltered, and damn filthy.

YOU WANNA FIGHT? FIGHT ME! Or we could have a cup of tea and a biscuit if you prefer. Ever found it hard to get to grips with how to put together a fight scene, or a battle sequence? This guide runs you through the basics, talks about different styles of fighting and weaponry, how to put together fight scenes, plan out battles, and talks about how you include Fantasy or Magical elements as well as the various Dos and Don'ts of writing Action. Now with added flamingos... are we sure that it's spelled like that? There's an aardvark with an Uzi somewhere too.

Some basic writing tips to help you become a more effective storyteller.

Coming up with five adjectives to describe your character barely scratches the surface. In order to make your character figuratively come alive, you'll need to know them better than they know themselves. The exercises in this book will make you think about your characters in ways you never have before.

If a book has really good dialogue, you may not notice because it flows so naturally. But if you're reading a book with poorly written dialogue, it will probably feel awkward. It may even feel painful. You may not want to continue reading. You don't want to be that writer. Don't be that writer. Learn how to avoid some of the most common dialogue mistakes here.

Have a case of writers block? Can't seem to pick up your story? Or do you just simply want some plain old tips on writing? Well, you've got the write book (hehe see what I did there?)!

The vast majority of the writing I have seen on this website is worth less than the change I left upon your mother's nightstand. That means that, by statistical likelihood, your writing probably sucks too. Not in whole, mind you, but when it comes to a few of the trickier bits, you find yourself staring at a blank screen and scowling like a madman. I, on the other hand, am damned good at this writing stuff. So, out of the bottomless generosity of my heart, I decided to try and help your plebeian self. Plot exposition, character development, show versus tell, and all the little things that experienced writers know already. These are the secrets I'll drop on your lap in a vain attempt to make you learn a thing or two. I'm tired of reading all the crap on this site; don't let your work be part of it.