I'm a newbie, been here for less than a week. I like penana because you can ask for help and help others and so on.

I just wanted to know how was Wattpad for you guys? I still like it you know, but I just wanted to try out another writing app. My username is deep_in_fandomland on Wattpad. . .  I follow back.

I hear that a lot. My experience was really different. I like the style and I got followers quickly. Also Wattpad has a lot of generes and I felt more comfortable writing boyxboy because I knew people over there liked reading it. But I'm getting use to penana.

I'm fairly popular on Wattpad. I have thousands of followers and books that are getting recognition, but I much prefer Penana because of the diverse demographic. You have adults on here, young adults, and some teenagers who write very well. Plus this site has a contests feature that Wattpad doesn't. It is easier to make friends on this site and I'm honored to say that I'm a Pen Influencer. I would spend more time here than on Wattpad, especially since the majority of stories on here are more up my alley than on the other.

Hey, I was on wattpad for awhile, but only within the past couple of years I started putting my writing up. I was always too nervous and after only getting a few views I started to look for a new place to write on. Thats when I came across here and gave it a try. I love Wattpad, but I feel like no matter where I go the genre I prefer (horror) isnt focused on much.

wattpad... is... i don't know, okay i mean, i get new reads and stuff on my books but that's about it, no one ever really comments or votes for my stories... kind of sad for the person who actually tries to come up with a good story...

i rarely go on it anymore unless i  get a message or i have to update a chapter or something

I'm somewhat of a Wattpad refuge. I'm kind of trying to get away from the (mostly) toxic community over there. The public feed is ... weird. I don't really like how threads intended to be private are broadcast. And then, when you actually interact you can slammed for it.

I'm very reluctant going back.

SF and Fantasy mainly. Literary and General Fiction is excellent.

But here is another major reason I'm switching to here: Wattpad users are literally craving for the blocking. Seriously, they'll block for just about literally anything, the offense doesn't even have to make sense:

User One: I'm a Banana!

User Two: *Blocks.


User One: Hey how's the weather?

User Two: *Blocks.


That's not what the block feature was designed for you ass hats. It's used more as a tool for political oppression than reasoned conversation. It's a lot like twitter in this way.

And Ambassadors? Yea you don't even get to mute Ambassadors. Give me all the excuses all you want. It literally seems like the most immature people end up getting the ambassadorship.

Removing my stuff there and not going back.

If you're going to moderate something like Wattpad, your job is to act like a professional. Not just use the mute function willy nilly just because it gives you a feeling of power of others.

As you can see, I have a bit of trauma about it.

They also sell the rights to your work without notifying you about it as well. For example, the rights to adapt my novel was sold to Hollywood. And then this producers borrowed 1/3rd of my plot without notifying that they have done so, therefore violating my copy write.


That is not acceptable.

Wattpad was my first writing app/website, I believe. I can't remember but I enjoy it. However most of the reading I do there is poorly done with room to improve. I notice that my skills also decline as I read it more and more. So, I got a bit bored. Searched a bit. Found it at one point. This place doesn't have x Readers and such. But the writing here is amazing most of the time compared to Wattpad. I have an x Reader on Wattpad that is still on going so, that's really the only thing that's keeping me tied to it.
(My username is the same on Wattpad as it is on here btw :) )

The only reason I get on Wattpad now is to read the forum comments. Some people go off in those threads. It's wildly entertaining. And also, I update my book and have entered in the yearly Wattys. However, I have lost hope on my book being discovered on WP. There's too much traffic and daily publishing from all around the world, I needed a place to get my work out and eventually find good beta readers.

Since being on Penana, my reader count has grown a lot compared to WP. I love that they don't count the writers reads either, which is usually why my WP reader counts are off. They literally give you a read just for publishing. Some may like this, but I don't. I don't want to know how many times I've viewed it. I only want to see the readership.

Although, no one has yet to leave a comment or voted on my book here, it gives me hope and happiness just to see my reader count rise in each chapter every day. I'm a ghost reader myself, so I can understand why you'd rather not be known. The only negative I've found is lack of statistics. It would be nice to see the demographics of my readership to give me an idea of my target audience.

I started out on Wattpad in 2015 and, while I still like it, I'm definitely liking Penana more. I was never super popular, but I still enjoyed my time over there, and I'm going to leave a few things there and move it over here. I think I'm a bit more popular here as well, but I don't write for the notoriety...it's nice, though

Hello everyone! I'm late to the convo because I recently just joined. Honestly speaking I started out on Inkitt, then moved over to Wattpad. I came here because I searched similar apps that you can also get paid for and this one showed up. However, I'm going to feel it out first before I flip that paid content switch.

Also, Inkitt was a lot of 'review for review' aspects and really based on getting yourself out there. Wattpad was simply going to be a money collector for me for I really didn't mess around with it too much. Anyways, same user name on Wattpad as this one and Inkitt, JATF. Nice to meet you all.