If you are unaware, Wattpad is a popular website and app where people can create and read original stories of varying genres. From romance and forbidden love to mystery and danger, Wattpad has been the go-to place for teenagers and young adults to read and create different stories. However, despite Wattpad’s wide array of genres, stories, and tropes to read, many people simply write Wattpad off as a place to read written fanfiction. But that is simply not the truth! Far from it, actually!
Is there fanfiction on Wattpad? Yes? And does most fanfiction center around the main character being sold to popular bands like One Direction, 5 Seconds of Summer, and The Wanted? Also, yes. And can these fanfictions be cringy, contrite, and downright criminal? Well, also yes. But that is not all that Wattpad has to offer.
As I mentioned earlier, Wattpad offers many genres and stories for everyone to read and love. For example, if you’re into mysteries, the thousands and thousands of original stories are sure to grab your attention and leave you guessing and guessing until the very end.
Or, if you prefer something calmer, then maybe the romance genre is more your speed. Starting with a slow burn before gradually progressing into an epic love story, romance could be the genre that keeps you entertained from the beginning until the end.
And reading is not all that Wattpad has to offer people! If you would prefer to create and produce rather than read, then you can actually write and create your own original stories after you sign up and make an account. And want to know something even better, people? It is completely free! I know, a rare oddity today.
But perhaps the best part of Wattpad is the creativity and originality it offers for its users. In a world where people, especially the younger generation, are just consuming, consuming, and consuming so much media, Wattpad provides something different.
It allows its users to challenge their minds with gripping and compelling stories while additionally allowing people to write and create! Instead of just mindlessly scrolling and scrolling on social media, Wattpad allows people to engage with written media and even challenge their own thinking through the stories on the platform.
So, the next time someone incorrectly assumes Wattpad is just a place for reading fanfiction, remind them that it is so much more than that.
