psychelic

is wattpad like basically dead now or is that just me cause i miss the old days?

CitizenSamurai

@psychelic The vibe is gone.  I think once the forums were closed, a lot of the life leaked out of this site.
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solacing

@psychelic it's dead. no newsfeed or social networking aspect, huge focus on commercial and serialized fiction. a lot of people are gone or mostly-gone (me), and I'm only here for the remainder of my creator program  contract.
          	  
          	  I guess I shouldn't say it's dead, it's just a very different place
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psychelic

is wattpad like basically dead now or is that just me cause i miss the old days?

CitizenSamurai

@psychelic The vibe is gone.  I think once the forums were closed, a lot of the life leaked out of this site.
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solacing

@psychelic it's dead. no newsfeed or social networking aspect, huge focus on commercial and serialized fiction. a lot of people are gone or mostly-gone (me), and I'm only here for the remainder of my creator program  contract.
            
            I guess I shouldn't say it's dead, it's just a very different place
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psychelic

can u believe it rtc chapter 1 seeing the light of day on wattpad again. imo it's a lot better than the first one lmaooo but more importantly it's done & so is the anxiety of perfecting the first thing people will see. yes i am publishing a day after complaining about wattpad being dead but roots through concrete is a wattpad story and belongs on this little orange app. it's been haunting me for years and i need to get the full thing out even if no one reads it. but ty if you do! :)

psychelic

wattpad feels so dead omg it's just a wasteland of paid stories and ads. i wanna find somewhere else to post og work but idk where.

psychelic

@CitizenSamurai thank you for your dm!!!! i'll reply in a bit!!
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CitizenSamurai

@psychelic You are so right.  DM'ing you now -
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psychelic

hi! just thought i'd give an update to anyone who cares about roots through concrete :)
          
          i've been writing offline, and i've got about ten chapters to go. after i've finished it i'm going to edit the whole thing and then re-upload it. writing and publishing chapter-by-chapter was great fun but my perfectionistic self just can't take it ahahha. anyway holidays start next week and uni's almost finished anyway, so i plan to be uploading again by december. 
          
          thanks for reading :)
          nadia

psychelic

i can't imagine how difficult it must be to juggle a fulltime job alongside writing, so same goes for you!
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psychelic

@CitizenSamurai appreciate it, jim!! :)
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CitizenSamurai

@psychelic This is great news Nadia - you put a great deal of work into your writing and that's why you stand so far above and apart from the pretenders who clock in and out here and go hunting for clicks, likes and gold stars.  Your dedication and work ethic are f--king motivating sauce to me.  - J
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psychelic

go watch babyteeth to understand middle-class suburban australia as elle & i do!! also it’s just a good movie

psychelic

thanks jim! no worries at all - I have some catching up to do myself. hahah have fun, no idea what you’ll think of it but i loved seeing/recognising the train stations, the school uniforms, the harbour bridge, the bush etc! yeah milat was nuts!!
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CitizenSamurai

@psychelic I've missed out on some of your chapters, I'm going to catch up soon - points to you for plowing ahead.  Will totally check out "Babyteeth" - I love Aussie TV / film (I just saw a docudrama about Ivan Millat ... uh ... dude, I thought American serial killers were bad - you guys have had a few!)
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