Writing Stories synonymous with Wattpad

Ahh, Wattpad, a reader's candy store jam-packed with good stories that has great amount of varieties ranging from Romance to Non-Fiction. Yes, I was registered on Wattpad last May 2012 through a friend who is actually a good writer and shares her works here, also she reads here for inspiration and peer building in the writing community, but then I really took Wattpad seriously this past month and downloaded some of the stories on my reading list to my mobile so I can compensate my reading addiction because as humiliating as it may sound and weird but I'm so addicted to reading that I even read those printed on paper wrappers and other consumer goods.

This is how Wattpad looks like and I borrowed this lovely screenshot from: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jul/06/margaret-atwood-wattpad-online-writing

Basically it's like all the fan fiction sites I've been to before, AsianFanFics and Quizilla. What made it a hit to me because your work has a chance to be read and discovered unlike at Quizilla that I really was lost and didn't know how it works, as for AFF, the site is only filled with Asian Fan Fiction, hence its name, and I cannot explore all the other possible genres I can write. Political thriller has been one of my favorite genres and who knows I might want to write one with my own original characters.

Wattpad's a great community, filled with amateur to professional writers and different types of readers. It also unleashes the hidden writing skills of a great number of fans, they get inspiration from those who already are deemed by the community as 'Wattpad writers' and are featured frequently on the homepage. I myself is an amateur writer and recently got started with my first Wattpad story which is a  One Direction fan fiction, check it out here: What Does Not Burn You <3

Contests are also being held annually, most locally known as The Watty Awards by Wattpad users. People enter their stories under appropriate genres for readers and other writers vote for the best entry. Winners can win as much as $20,000 and those who didn't win will not go home unrewarded. For more information about The Watty Awards, visit this link: http://www.wattpad.com/watty

From the deepest chamber of my cone-shaped heart, I am grateful to Allen Lau and Ivan Yuen for the foundation of Wattpad.