With generations glued to their phones and away from the livelihood of books for entertainment, many people around the world are not being exposed to the different worlds books can provide. Books have been replaced with twitter feeds and instagram posts that lack the literature and art books have. Thankfully, apps such as Wattpad can provide a gateway towards books.

Wattpad is a library full of books written by online writers that are everyday average people. Anyone can publish a short story, novel, or biography of their choice and they have an audience to read their stories.

There are many genres to publish from, such as:

Teen Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Humor, Paranormal, Mystery / Thriller, Horror, Adventure, Historical Fiction, Fanfiction, Poetry, Short Story, General Fiction, ChickLit, Actiion, Vampire, Werewolf, Spiritual, Non-Fiction, Classics, and Random.

Many authors who have started on Wattpad were able to publish their own book and start their career as an author. Wattpad is a great way to gain an audience for your books and start practicing writing short stories or novels. There are also contests in the app where you can submit your short story or novel to have people vote for and the prizes would vary. The audience is not limited to just America, there are books in other languages and many other countries around the world that have authors who write books on Wattpad. Wattpad is proudly “The world’s largest community of readers and writers.” Discovering books that are interesting isn’t difficult with 75 million stories to choose from. Wattpad recommends authors and stories for your reading tastes. Most importantly, the books and the app is free!

On Wattpad you can interact with other people who enjoy the same book as you by commenting and “liking” certain chapters. When the author updates a chapter you are notified of the update. The app is also available on the computer and is device friendly.

However, there are some cons to this app. These writers are mostly novice writers and there are grammatical errors and unfinished stories are updated according to the author. These blemishes can be easily looked over as the interesting plots of the stories catch your attention. Overall, Wattpad is an experience worth reading.

Happy Reading!

You can see more information on Wattpad on the website.