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How To Get Reads, Votes, and Comments - A Guide

How do I get more reads, votes, and comments? If you find yourself asking that question, then I have some answers for you. What can you do to reach out to readers and potential readers? How can you encourage readers to comment and vote? What are all the different ways you can promote your stories? This #1 ranking...

Best Books on Wattpad

Soooo, Y'all know the feeling of need a book, but not being able to find what you need, this is your stop. I have spent years perfecting my library, it's time to share the best of Wattpad.

Stories Worth Reading in Wattpad

Don't know what to read? Check these out. Warning: After you read these suggestions and the books itself, tataas standard mo sa pamimili ng babasahin. I pay attention to plot, and especially, the author's writing style. Especially that. :) Enjoy!!

Wattpad Spotlight

In this book you will find your next favourite read: some of the best - as of yet - undiscorvered books on Wattpad. This is our attempt to help them a step further to getting discovered.

Novel Writer's Toolkit: Revised Edition

Writing a novel and getting it published: That's your goal. And nothing will keep you from making it happen. Such a goal, of course, presents a number of challenges. Make sure you have the tools you need to overcome them and succeed. In THE NOVEL WRITER'S TOOLKIT, NY Times Best-Selling author Bob Mayer shares a vetera...

The Subtle Balance: Part 1, The Basic Elements of Crafting Fiction

Of Publishing and Things

The book is written and the world is waiting. Now it is time to put that thing into print and see how it sells. The process of formatting and publishing through print-on-demand, and how to help your baby survive the meatgrinder!

Paper Hearts: Some Writing Advice

THANK YOU EVERYONE for reading this sample of Paper Hearts! Due to popular demand, I've turned this into an actual book, which you can buy from all major online retailers. AND it's actually three books: a volume on writing, one on publishing, and another on marketing. More information: bethrevis.com/books Buy the boo...

Essays on Writing

Essays on Writing is a collection of thoughts I come across during my writing journey. They cover topics such as grammar, editing, writing, publishing and very often character and story development within the expectations of genre or society.

For Writers by Hugh Howey

Tips for writers from Hugh Howey, as shared on his blog.

100 Things You Should Know About Writing (Part 1)

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.

Social Media Guide for Wattpad

39 Easy Tips to make YOUR work stand out on Social Media Want to learn how to use Social Media to get more attention for your works on Wattpad? How can you get readers from postings on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest and Tumblr? Do Blogs and Websites help? What about YouTube videos? What about other sites, like...

The Complete Guide to Getting Published (Excerpt)

If you dream of selling your novel to a major publisher, then this is the book for you! Jessica Brody—international bestselling author of more than ten novels—shares her secrets of success in this comprehensive step-by-step guide to writing, pitching, and selling your novel. In this one-of-a-kind book you will learn...

Learn to Loathe Search: Editing Tips

Editing can be expensive and take a long time. Here are a few tips to do a lot editing yourself. It will still take a lot of work. These tips focus on particular words that cause problems in writing. Use the search function in your word processor to find and change problematic words.

Influences & Observations

This is a short (but growing) collection of blog posts, essays, and observations about creativity, writing, and the world around us. I hope you find these pages stimulating and I look forward to your comments, questions, and feedback.

Thirty Things about Me

This is a direct response from a challenge from Rosaimee'. I have titled it "Thirty Things about Me." The cover photo is of a painting that I painted of a hot air balloon derby held in Columbia, Missouri. The painting is acrylic on canvas by Olan Smith.

Big Book of Writing Tips

Tips for writing and crafting your story into being the best it can be. Everything from the very basic structure of a story through to understanding deep point of view, perhaps you can find something here that is useful for your journey as a writer!

Write Your Novel

A step-by-step guide to writing a novel using D. L. Mackenzie's Spiral Writing method.

Writing Collection - Wattpad Wednesdays

My short stories and story fragments collected from Wattpad Wednesdays at Wattpad HQ.

Nano Bytes - A Collection of Short SciFi Stories

This is a collection of short stories written by Wattpadders who love their Science Fiction as much as we do. It aims to celebrate the diversity of the genre both in sub-genre, length and style, so whether you like Steampunk or Hard SciFi, Space Opera or Dystopian, fanfiction or a drabble, we know you'll find somethin...

The Ambassador Program

The Ambassador Program is comprised of a global team of Wattpadders who are strongly passionate about connecting readers & writers through storytelling. They live, breathe, and share Wattpad with the world, one step at a time. If you want to learn more about the program, and how to apply, this is the story to chec...