hi everyone! I’ve decided I’m going to take all my work off of Wattpad sometime soon. I’m going to be unpublishing all my stories and books that are here. Basically, I’m going to be leaving and closing down this account. The main reasons why:
1. I’m not getting the engagement I was hoping for, and I never really was at all. I feel like nobody reads what I put out. (Yes, I know it’s partly because I don’t have a set posting schedule. That falls on me.) I was really hoping to get feedback on what I write. I’m going back to keeping my writing private, and only going to share them in writing groups / clubs. (Haven’t been successful at finding one locally irl in a couple years now. I was in the club of my local library, but then the pandemic happened, and I aged out.)
2. Past negative situations that I’ve had on here — that even continue to happen now. These situations impact my mental health in a horrible way. My mental health suffers from being on wattpad, and I haven’t gotten a break since I was around 16 / 17 years old. Those of you who know about it: you know. (And being someone diagnosed with depression among other things already… yeah…)
If anyone would like my contacts outside of wattpad, let me know. I have Pinterest, my personal contact and a few other ways to reach me! I will try to work out how to give you my info! :)
Thank you all for the kind and thoughtful interactions, comments, thoughts & etc over the years! I really appreciate you all. I’m sorry I am leaving — I am just trying to protect my peace, and am not getting the same energy from this app like I used to.
~ Ally