Man, to see Wattpad in 2025 is crazy.
I miss that era of my life from so long ago, when I was a preteen with a desperation for a creative outlet, and, now, here I am, trying to make movies and TV Shows and doing what I love.
The funny thing is... I still use Wattpad all the time. It's such a useful tool to have drafts between my phone and computer, and so easy to just start writing it all down. I'm not sure I will ever delete Wattpad for that one reason, but, as usual, I was doing a bit of a purge, unfollowing everyone so I didn't get anymore notifications for things I had no clue about.
That being said, I'll likely never post anything on here again and just continue using it as a tool. I just, I started going down memory lane a little bit, remembering old fics that I remember loving and seeing profiles of old friends both in real life and online. I suddenly felt like I was thirteen again and excited to post a new chapter of one of my stories.
All of my old fan fictions are still saved as drafts in here. And I continue to write fan fiction as a way to get out some of my creative energy so I can focus on the stories I truly want to write and make a living off of.
Basically, thank you to Wattpad, and thank you to all of the friends made on this hellscape of a sight. I know Wattpad has always gotten clowned on, and for good reason, but I was a cringy teenager who was obsessed with fiction, and now I'm a cringy adult who is obsessed with my own fiction. The way that stories like Good Time Wrestling and Degreaser are still stories I am actively working on, actively making into screenplays, amazes me. I've had the idea for Degreaser since I was 15 and working at Subway. Now, I'm 21 and truly writing them to the best of their potential.
I love my work, as cringy as my old stuff is, I still love it. I will always love it.
(There is also a small part of me that once I become successful and people start finding this old account, that I'll just publish all my fics for chaos)
