What Wattpad?
Wattpad users are able to post their poems, short stories, and even entire novels on the site. This can be done as full or serialized texts. Texts are fully searchable using keywords, genres, and titles, and one can follow one’s favourite authors and be notified of any updates on their works. The platform also encourages conversations between the author and his or her readers by giving them the ability to comment on works posted and reply to each other, in much the same way that Facebook or Twitter enables such interactions. The most popular writers on Wattpad breed reader royalty by having a strong personal presence and interaction with their followers. Readers can even send donations to their favourite authors, and have their works valued through crowdfunding.
