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Trapeze by leigh_
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WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION After a devastating accident, trapeze artist Corey Ryder gets stuck living a normal teenage life and attempts to reconnect with the mother she barely knows. ***** As a trapeze artist, Corey Ryder is used to flying high above the rest of the world, but when a tragic accident destroys the only home she's ever known, everything comes crumbling down around her. Forced to stay in the small town of Sherwood, California, she must face the realities of being a normal teenage girl. Attending high school, making friends, and falling in love for the first time are just the beginning, because being back in California means facing a large part of her past she's been trying hard to forget-her mom. Content and/or Trigger Warning: this story contains mentions of child/domestic abuse
Don't Look Back by xFakingaSmilex
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• Previously Featured on Wattpad • Sophie is tired of living in the safe zone. When her parents go away for the week, she decides to push herself to try new things. From outdoor camping, breaking car windows and experimental activities, Sophia embarks on a personal journey to live a little and never look back.
The Truth About Her by xFakingaSmilex
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• Watty's 2018 Longlist & Previously Featured on Wattpad • Isla hides letters in a tree which are uncovered by someone who starts responding to them.
100 Things You Should Know About Writing (Part 1) by MishaGerrick
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This is about writing, as I think of it. Subjects covered will range from plot aspects to characterization, writing craft to just surviving as a writer. Mainly, Part 1 is a comprehensive list of things to do in order to create and maintain tension.
Published:  What They Don't Tell You In English Class by sydney_scrogham
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You want to publish your book. I did, too. It happened, and the more I learn, the more I realize having an English major doesn't prepare you to be a published author. Here's what they don't teach you in school about what it takes to survive in the publishing business. I can promise you one thing: If you want your book in print badly enough, you can make it happen if you don't give up. #140 in non-fiction 1/19/16 #236 in non-fiction 1/18/16 #371 in non-fiction 3/1/16 #281 in non-fiction 3/3/16 #150 in non-fiction 3/18/16 #67 in non-fiction 8/19/2016 #960 in non-fiction 1/28/2017 with 6.7K views
Edit like an Editor: A Wattpad Featured Guide ✔ by jgfairytales
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*A WATTPAD FEATURED GUIDE* *Highest Ranking #5 in Non-Fiction's HOT List* *Ranked #1 in #how-to, #1 in #editor, #1 in #publishing, and #1 in #grammar* • Do you find yourself with too many typos? • Do grammar and spelling tools not always find your slip-ups? • Is English grammar just not your thing? • Are you a victim of writer's block? • Do your characters' personalities fall flat? • Is your dialogue boring? • Do you need help staying consistent with your points-of-view? • Are you struggling with choosing the best genre for your work? • Have you finished your first draft and don't know where to go from there? • Are you in the bulk of your revising stage and could use some guidance? jgfairytales has compiled this guidebook together through her experience as an editorial freelancer and Wattpad editor and critic. She knows what the Wattpad writer struggles with. She wants to help you learn how to avoid those slip-ups again, and she does so with easy-to-understand writing. Learn how to edit your work like an editor through these chapters full of detailed explanations, examples, guides, tips, and practice questions from yours truly. After reading this guidebook, you will walk away with an understanding of (American) English grammar and the confidence to comfortably edit your own work. The end goal for every writer is, of course, publication. jgfairytales even has a few tips for you to reach that goal and how to stay on track. jgfairytales has grown as an editor and critic from college courses, textbooks, guidebooks, editing and critiquing others' work, and editing her work. All references used will be cited, so you may also refer to them if you wish to. Copyright: All Rights Reserved by Jennifer Gioia Rowland © 2016-2018; © 2024 However, where credit is given, the copyright is (CC) Attribution-ShareAlike.
Compositions of Us by affiniteas
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Olivia Harris has one dream: to become a professional photographer. She’s determined and even went out of her way to intern at a well known photography company. Olivia knows that doing so may give her an opportunity to pursue her dream a step further. What she doesn't know is that, sometimes, expectations don't go as expected. When her dream takes a detour, Olivia finds herself running out of time since she’s graduating high school in less than five months. Her situation doesn’t get better when she has a bitter encounter with her locker buddy she has never spoken to. The two are like fire and ice. But, doesn’t heat have the ability to melt the frost? Olivia claims she will never spare a breath with her locker buddy ever again, yet somehow, she ends up saving him. And the more time Olivia spends with her locker buddy, the more she wants to discover what his compositions are all about.
Doodle Daisies by rachelhak
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About a boy who caught a girl doodling daisies on his notes, and it blossomed from there.
When My Shift Ends | ✓ by iwearheelys
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When former beauty pageant queen, Ellie Wilde, hears of her grandmother's sickness, she's the first to offer to drive her to her chemotherapy. What she didn't know she was agreeing to was an obnoxiously cheerful blond boy somehow nudging his way into her life. ©iwearheelys, all rights reserved.
Twenty-One Night Stand ✓ by lydiahephzibah
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A Watty Award winner and a featured Wattpad novel. Five years ago, Maddie Hyun and her best friend Peter made a pact. Now it's time to follow through. 21.04.16 → 20.10.16