I'm sure that, by now, many of you have seen Wattpad's new guidelines and their newfound love for censorship. I want to make it known that I wholeheartedly disagree with the censoring in creative works, especially when that censoring targets content specifically FOR adults.
I understand that Wattpad wants to make their platform advertiser friendly. However, this is not the way to do it, especially when they've been promoting ADULT stories for YEARS.
That being said, there is a future where I, unfortunately, may have to make the permanent move to AO3.
I don't want to make that move. I love this community. I grew up here. I'm sure you can see it throughout my stories, all the way back to when I was a beginner writer and not very good at it. However, I—as well as thousands of writers like me-are all grown up now.
Writing is not only a hobby for me. It's also an outlet, a way I can process my trauma. Unfortunately, that trauma isn't very pretty. It's graphic. It's ADULT. And, if Wattpad's censorship continues, it might be banned under their guidelines.
I sincerely hope it never comes to that. However, in case it does, I'm on AO3 under Winesnap_Eats_Moss.
If you've made it this far, thank you for your time.