We're sharing our favorite tricks for making reading and writing on the orange app so much easier.

Wondering how the Wattpad algorithm works and why it seems to be working against you? Here's what you might be doing wrong.

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With the launch of their brand new Wattpad Creators program, Wattpad says they will pay $2.6 million to writers this year.

It's hard enough to attract readers, but keeping them is a whole new challenge. Here are the five big reasons most readers give up on a stor

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We're calling out the most overdone and overrated plots in the fanfiction world in hopes that maybe—finally!—they'll go away.

We look into Wattpad's "YuenRank" system and how it determines hashtag rankings for books on the site.

Fanfiction has operated within a legal gray area for years. Now that fan works like 50 Shades of Gray and After are seeing mainstream succes

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Writer and Wattpadder Esosa Suwa shares her top tricks for getting your book seen—and read—on Wattpad.

Wattcon returns after a 4-year-hiatus with a one-day fan event in Los Angeles this Saturday, November 19th. Here's what we know about the e

Wattpad HQ has announced that their fan convention will return this November with a one-day event in Los Angeles.

Writing is hard. Writing something that doesn't trigger an instant facepalm is even harder. These 9 mistakes can wreck a good fanfic.

An author under the name Serdar Kan has been ripping off Wattpad stories and reselling them on Amazon's Kindle store.

Fanfiction gets a bad rap from the literature community, but we've gathered our favorite quotes from celebrated authors who appreciate a...

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Fans love to dive deeper into the world of their favorite characters. But what about the authors? These famous writers have big issues with

Struggling to write a blurb for your Wattpad book? Try this method for crafting a clear story description.

Want to try your hand at fanfiction, but don't want it to end up too cringey? Follow this step-by-step guide for writing your first fic.

Wattpad is killing off its famous Wattpad Stars program for writers in favor of a new system built to reward its most successful creators.

Are computers judging the Wattys? Does anyone read the books? Who picks winners? We examine at The Wattys judging process to find answers.

We've covered the dos and don'ts for fanfiction writers, but now we're tackling the big missteps to avoid when reading online.

A lot has changed in the Wattpad world. Here's how you can still attract the right readers for your book.

A few simple errors can take a fanfiction story from must-read to hard pass.

As of July 29th, 2020, Wattpad shut down the Wattpad Community Forums without notice and left writers with no place to go.