@Spiritual_7 1. You gotta read stories and leave comments to receive the same attention. Leaving comments under stories can sometimes lead to others clicking on your account and checking out your stories. And reading other people’s stories and leaving votes/comments, shows the writers that you’re engaging with their work and it can help build a bigger community/online friendship with said people.
2. If there are some writers you like supporting and chatting to online, ask them if they could give your story a read and provide feedback, or ask if they wanna do a r4r, c4c, or v4v to boost your stories views, comments and votes. This can be mutually beneficial on both sides.
3. Ask people if they can share your story on their profile or if they can recommend your story to their friends. It can be a little daunting if you don’t have a close community or friend group, but there are plenty of nice people on Wattpad, so just give it a go :)
4. Try writing fan fiction for fandoms you like (even better if it’s popular fandoms), and try to gain followers and attention that way, be kind to your audience and talk with them regularly, check how they’re doing or ask questions to get them engaging, then try introducing new fanfiction and stories to them once you have a more active and supportive community.
5. Popular/overused tropes will always gain more readership, but it can help readers find your stories and profile more, which may lead to more readers further down the track.
6. AO3. Publish your stories over there. I’ve found the AO3 crowd is a lot more engaging. Some of my fics on AO3 got 3K+ views in 2-3 weeks, compared to 100-200+ views on Wattpad, and I get a lot more comments on AO3.
