Hey everyone
I just wanted to be honest with you all about why I stopped writing on Wattpad. Lately, it feels like people don’t support closed door romance anymore, stories that focus on love, emotion, and actual storytelling. Instead, what gets attention now are stories with nothing but smut, and most of them don’t even have a proper storyline.
It honestly hurts. I’m so grateful to everyone who supported my first story. You made me believe in myself. But when I look at the progress of my second book, it’s painful to see how little it’s grown despite the effort I’ve poured into it. Meanwhile, people with so many grammatical errors and rushed writing are getting thousands of likes, not because of the story, but because of the smut.
It feels like Wattpad has become a place where quality doesn’t matter anymore, where the same mafia romance, dark romance, and possessive clichés keep repeating. And it’s sad because there are writers who still care about creating something meaningful, not just chasing reads.
I’m not quitting writing, but I am stepping back from Wattpad for a while, as you noticed. Maybe I just need to find a space where stories with depth and heart are still appreciated.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to read, comment, or support my stories. You have no idea how much that means to me. Even if I stop writing here, I’ll never stop writing altogether.
Your writer
~chahat.