Wattpad

[theymp]

I'd heard about Wattpad before - specifically about a zombie story that Margaret Atwood was collaborating on (although who hasn't done something walking deadish these days? - I mean I'm writing one myself, it's just on hiatus).

I thought I'd give it a quick look - I've set up an account at http://wattpad.com/TheYmp even though I've only recently got round to finally posting something at Fiction Press)

I can't help but wonder if this is where FanFiction got the idea of the "covers" from - except they seem to be so much better done at Wattpad - how come no one at FF seems to do them like actual book covers - I've just had a "d'oh" revelation!

But I did have a very swift perusal of their Supernatural fanfic section... oh my... absolutely nothing but Mary Sues as far as the eye could see...

(;,;)

Comments

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Is wattpad a new site then? Or just terminally Mary-Sued?

[womanofletters.livejournal.com]

It does look like an awful lot of Mary Sue. I was also disappointed that they don't have categories in the fanfiction for the specific tv shows, movies, books, etc., that the fanfic is based on. So much easier if I could search on SPN or Buffy and not have to wade through other stuff as well.

I mean there might be good stories there -- but their search could use a lot of work.

I generally read (and post) on three fanfic sites already: fanfiction.net, archiveofourown.org and tthfanfic.org (Twisting the Hellmouth). I have my favorite authors (though I'm always open to finding more). I find the stories on archiveofourown to be generally of high quality. Fanfiction.net has a lot of high quality stories as well, but it's more of a mix -- that's why over there I usually just follow authors I've gotten to know through communities like the E/O challenge. I haven't read widely on LiveJournal at all, and I'm still discovering Twisting the Hellmouth.

Judith